Planet Money Live: Anthropic co-founder on AI and jobs
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Apr 22, 2026 
Jack Clark, Anthropic co-founder and AI policy commentator, and Daryl Fairweather, Redfin chief economist and behavioral economist, dig into two huge forces shaping daily life. Clark explores AI factories, coding automation, safety, and education for an AI future. Fairweather gets into surge pricing, hidden economists in apps, zoning reform, and why more housing can ease scarcity.
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Robot Economies Need A New Way To Pay Humans
- Jack Clark argues fully automated production would break the normal link between work and purchasing power.
- He says a machine economy would require taxing robots and AI firms to move money back to humans.
Jack Clark Uses Fiction To Process AI Responsibility
- Jack Clark says his fiction is where he works through his moral responsibility for helping build AI.
- He calls the stories messages in a bottle thrown from a semi-frightening AI lab.
AI Is Creeping Into Month Long Knowledge Work
- Jack Clark predicts AI will soon handle tasks that currently justify high pay for elite workers.
- He names circuitry design, cross-referenced research, and software building, then imagines humans mainly auditing AI-written code.
