Hard Fork The Ezra Klein Show: How Fast Will A.I. Agents Rip Through the Economy?
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Mar 27, 2026 
Jack Clark, Anthropic co-founder and AI policy expert, dives into the rise of AI agents that can act like coworkers, write code, and reshape office work. He explores digital personalities in machines, the pressure on entry-level jobs, the challenge of monitoring AI-made systems, and why governments are still not ready for what’s coming.
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AI Rewires Entry Level Hiring
- Entry-level white-collar work will be broadly touched by AI, reducing openings and changing hiring preferences even if total displacement varies.
- Anthropic already prefers senior hires with strong taste; median graduate tasks are more automatable than elite work.
Train Experimental AI Intuition Early
- Teach and reward experimental curiosity with AI early; people who grew up using these systems adapt faster and bring valuable new intuitions.
- Jack notes hires who lived with AI are superb at prompting and orchestrating agents within organizations.
An AI To AI Economy Will Emerge
- New jobs will emerge like micro-entrepreneurs and an AI-to-AI economy where agents transact and specialized firms mediate those interactions.
- Examples include businesses that write AI-to-AI legal contracts or run agentified services without big human teams.
