The Ezra Klein Show: How Fast Will A.I. Agents Rip Through the Economy?
3/27/20261 hr 40 min
The “Hard Fork” team is off this week, taking a much-needed break. While we’re away, we wanted to draw your attention to a recent episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.”
In this conversation, Ezra speaks with Jack Clark, a co-founder of Anthropic, about how he is using A.I. agents; how the technology is leading to meaningful changes in the ways we work and think; and how policy can or must change to anticipate potential job displacement on the horizon.
We’ll be back with a new episode next week.
Guest:
- Jack Clark, a co-founder and the head of policy at Anthropic.
Additional Reading:
- A full transcript and video of this episode can be found here.
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Casey Newton· Host0:34
[upbeat music] Hello, Hard Fork listeners. We hope you're having a great week. We're gonna be really honest with you. We have nothing left to give. [laughs] We are spent, we're exhausted, and we're taking the danged week off.
Kevin Roose· Host1:06
Yeah, we are on vacation this week for our spring break, but we are not leaving you empty-handed- 'Cause we would never do that to you. We wanted to share an episode of The Ezra Klein Show with you, little artisanal podcast. You may have heard about it.
Casey Newton· Host1:19
If you haven't heard of Ezra Klein, he's a up-and-coming interviewer, policy wonk, and friend of humanity. [laughs] And he has a podcast that'll knock your socks