Speaking at the Per Jacobsson lecture during the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok on October 17, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark declared that "the singularity has arrived," describing a future in which one human scientist could lead hundreds of AI scientists working at once; he said the world has roughly 10 million researchers today and that a billion "virtual scientists" could emerge. The report recounts his path from Bloomberg technology reporter to OpenAI policy director in 2016, and his December 2020 departure with Dario Amodei and six colleagues to found Anthropic, noting he joined the Forbes 400 in September with a net worth of $15.5 billion. It also says he closed the speech by urging stricter AI regulation, including slowing development if necessary.