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The Ezra Klein Show · March 20, 2026 · 75m

Jack Clark on AI and the Future of Work

Jack Clark — co-founder of Anthropic, author of the Import AI newsletter — on how AI is changing work, thought, and policy. Klein pushes on whether AI displacement requires new social contracts.

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Highlights

AI will change WHAT work is before it replaces WHO does it
Clark argues the near-term effect isn't mass unemployment but transformation: every job will be restructured around AI capabilities before any jobs are fully eliminated.
Policy lags technology by decades — this gap is the real risk
Clark: the danger isn't AI itself but the gap between technological capability and institutional adaptation. We're deploying 2026 technology within 1990s regulatory frameworks.
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