FT's Burn-Murdoch: Anthropic's economic scenarios hinge on hand-picked assumptions
jburnmurdoch · x · 2026-09-11
FT's John Burn-Murdoch defends the methodology behind Anthropic's AI economic scenarios while noting the results are entirely — and transparently — determined by hand-picked assumptions. He considers this acceptable for an illustrative conversation-starter, but says the ensuing ridicule raises comms and reputation questions.
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