OpenAI’s doomsday bunker proposal from Ilya Sutskever put AGI fears on display as 2 OpenAI leaders debated survival tactics in 2023. Sutskever urged, “We’re definitely going to build a bunker before we release AGI.” The scenario pairs Silicon Valley confidence with a 99.999999% p(doom) warning from Roman Yampolskiy, who claims AI nearly guarantees humanity’s end.

Sutskever’s bunker pitch came during a tense OpenAI meeting, as AGI’s arrival was pegged for this decade. With Roman Yampolskiy’s apocalyptic odds and Altman’s blithe reassurance, the debate mixed AI safety keywords—existential risk, cognitive leap, artificial general intelligence—with survivalist spectacle. Imagine: AGI launches, scientists scramble for cover, and the world keeps scrolling.

At a 2023 OpenAI summit, Sutskever insisted on a physical bunker for staff before unleashing AGI—just in case.