According to the Anthropic’s CEO Jack Clark, governments ” should think of AI systems as kind of like countries that are arriving into the world, and misaligned AI systems as like rogue states.” He isn’t advocating for the end of AI but rather pushing for openness so these potential monsters aren’t created in the dark. He’s worried about a crisis—like what happened with the nuclear industry—that sparks drastic policy changes that derails development.
Excerpt from Tim Higgins, The Fight Over Whose AI Monster Is Scariest, WSJ, Oct. 18, 2025