4 sources healthy · latest episode 9 Nov 2026
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If AI and robotics become capable of fully autonomous work, a sufficiently large company such as Anthropic, possibly in partnership with mining companies, could establish a self-sustaining industrial system.

Daniel Kokotajlo · AI 2040: Plan A report - Daniel Kokotajlo & Thomas Larsen · 8 Sep 2026

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“just don't have any demand anymore or whatever if you have the level of ai and robot capabilities such that you can have these fully autonomous ais and robots doing all the things then even just like”
“A company like Anthropic,”
“if it's big enough, and maybe if it partners with various other companies like some mining companies,”
“can get this whole self-sustaining thing going.”
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