Per Jacobsson Foundation Lecture

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Anthropic co\\\-founder Jack Clark will deliver this year’s Per Jacobsson Foundation lecture titled “ Inside the Event Horizon: Why Everyone Should Take AI Progress Seriously ”\. The lecture will describe the next few years of AI progress and the vast, wide\-ranging changes it could bring to the economy and daily life\. It will directly confront economic questions implied by the continued pace of AI progress, including significant changes in the rate of scientific discovery, advancements in robotics, the autonomy and economic impact of machine\-driven businesses, and perhaps the capabilities of AI systems to contribute to their own production in a process of “recursive self\-improvement”\. Per Jacobsson Foundation President, Nigel Clarke , will provide opening remarks\. The event will be moderated by Per Jacobsson Foundation Chair, Raghuram Raja n, and discussants for the event will be V\\\. Anantha Nageswaran , the 18th Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India, and Yan Shen , Professor of Economics and Ant Chair Professor at the National School of Development, Peking University\. A moderated panel discussion with Jack Clark and the discussants will follow the lecture\. The Per Jacobsson Foundation annual lecture aims to stimulate discussion on the most pressing questions in international monetary and financial affairs\.

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Nigel Clarke

Deputy Managing Director Nigel Clarke has served as Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since October 31, 2024. Before joining the IMF, he was Jamaica’s Minister of Finance and the Public Service and a Member of Parliament, leading major economic reforms that strengthened fiscal governance, public sector management, central bank independence, and disaster risk financing. He also guided Jamaica’s economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic and advanced innovative financing initiatives in international capital markets. In 2022, he was elected Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank and the Inter-American Investment Corporation. Earlier in his career, he held senior leadership roles in the private sector and worked at Goldman Sachs in London. Mr. Clarke holds degrees from Oxford University and the University of the West Indies. Jack ClarkCofounder and Head of Policy, Anthropic Raghuram RajanKatherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago’s Booth School Anantha NageswaranChief Economic Advisor to the Government of India Yan ShenProfessor of Economics and Ant Chair Professor at the National School of Development, Peking University

Jack Clark

Cofounder and Head of Policy, Anthropic Nigel ClarkeDeputy Managing Director Raghuram RajanKatherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago’s Booth School Anantha NageswaranChief Economic Advisor to the Government of India Yan ShenProfessor of Economics and Ant Chair Professor at the National School of Development, Peking University

Raghuram Rajan

Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago’s Booth School Nigel ClarkeDeputy Managing Director Jack ClarkCofounder and Head of Policy, Anthropic Anantha NageswaranChief Economic Advisor to the Government of India Yan ShenProfessor of Economics and Ant Chair Professor at the National School of Development, Peking University

Anantha Nageswaran

Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India Nigel ClarkeDeputy Managing Director Jack ClarkCofounder and Head of Policy, Anthropic Raghuram RajanKatherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago’s Booth School Yan ShenProfessor of Economics and Ant Chair Professor at the National School of Development, Peking University

Yan Shen

Professor of Economics and Ant Chair Professor at the National School of Development, Peking University Nigel ClarkeDeputy Managing Director Jack ClarkCofounder and Head of Policy, Anthropic Raghuram RajanKatherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago’s Booth School Anantha NageswaranChief Economic Advisor to the Government of India