FT's John Burn-Murdoch: Anthropic's concrete AI scenarios gave the interview an anchor
jburnmurdoch · x · 2026-09-10
FT's John Burn-Murdoch defends the value of Anthropic's scenario exercises: extremes can focus the mind, and putting a concrete number out there anchors public discussion and shaped his questions in the Jack Clark interview. Context: Anthropic's new economic scenarios range from minimal impact to explosive 15% GDP growth by 2030 with 18% knowledge-worker unemployment.
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