Building AI, digging bunkers: Silicon Valley's safety hedge
This commentary, written by the outlet 摩登AI and republished across several Chinese tech sites, says OpenAI's Sam Altman has argued society must tolerate some AI-related harms — hacking, scams and misuse — while early Anthropic employees are reportedly considering buying remote US land to flee if "AI goes wrong." It also cites Wired's review of planning documents describing an underground shelter of roughly 465 square meters at Mark Zuckerberg's Kauai property. The author criticizes Anthropic for softening its Responsible Scaling Policy into a public roadmap plus external review, with a competitive condition attached, arguing this gives labs a ready excuse to keep accelerating.
It shifts the AI-safety debate from capability to incentives: if the builders themselves are preparing exit routes, who prices the risk becomes a public question.