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Anthropic co-founder and Head of Public Benefit
This is basically a societal choice. Like Mr. Altman and Mr. Amodei, Mr. Clark sees the default path for A.I. as dire: one where we “let technology rip, and don’t think about the social effects until later.”
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Jack Clark, quoted by Jasmine Sun in “Silicon Valley is bracing for a permanent underclass,” The New York Times, republished by The Salt Lake Tribune, May 2, 2026.
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AI Verified Clark calls the default AI path dire unless social effects are addressed, directly bearing on the claimed outcome. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2h ago
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AI Verified Recorded for matches Clark’s view that the default AI path is dire without social intervention. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2h ago

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AI Verified Salt Lake Tribune/NYT article quotes Jack Clark’s stated default AI path. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2h ago
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