Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark: Chinese models are 'too dumb', 6-12 months behind on safety
pstAsiatech · x · 2026-10-23
Responding to criticism that AI safety talk is cold-war mentality aimed at stifling competition, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark was unusually direct: "China is 6 months to a year behind the West," "they haven't seen out-of-control agent swarms yet. Their models are too dumb," and "give it a few months and they're going to be dealing with the same set of risks." Commenters question whether outsiders can really know the size of the gap.
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