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Jack Clark, Anthropic co-founder, tells the IMF the singularity has already begun
In the Per Jacobsson lecture, Clark argued that AI is already speeding up science and contributing to its own development, and called for serious rules and restraint. An adviser to India's government warned that nobody pays a lab to slow down.
On 17 October, Jack Clark, a co-founder of Anthropic, gave the annual Per Jacobsson Foundation Lecture at the IMF's annual meetings in Bangkok (video). Clark believes that this year has brought convincing evidence that the singularity has begun: science speeding up so fast that humans struggle to keep pace. Clark gave examples in mathematics, biology and physics, and said AI is already contributing to its own development.
Clark also spoke about risks, such as biological weapons or losing control of the technology, and called for serious rules for AI and for the companies building it, and for going slowly on its development. One of the discussants, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Adviser to India's government, warned that nobody pays a lab to slow down: the one that goes slower loses the race.
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- Per Jacobsson Foundation Lecture: Inside the Event HorizonAccessed 18 October 2026 · Image: IMF (YouTube)
