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Co-founder, Anthropic · May 11, 2026 · Post, Import AI 456: RSI and economic growth

The surprising thing from my perspective is seeing the feedback across the whole economy, suggesting we might hit an ‘economic singularity’ as a consequence of broad diffusion of automation technologies into the economy.

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Jack Clark, Co-founder, Anthropic
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Import AI 456: RSI and economic growth
Topics
Economics, Superintelligence
Company
Anthropic
Source
importai.substack.com/p/import-ai-456-rsi-and-economic-growth

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