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Some Anthropic employees reportedly planning to buy remote land as AI contingency
The Wall Street Journal reports that some of Anthropic's earliest employees have told contacts they are considering buying land in remote parts of the US to relocate 'if AI goes awry.' The article links these plans to a subculture tied to Effective Altruism and early-AI 'doomer' networks that have long discussed extreme contingency scenarios.
KEY POINTS
- The Wall Street Journal reports that some of Anthropic's earliest employees have told contacts they are considering buying land in remote parts of the US to relocate 'if AI goes awry.' The article links these plans to a subculture tied to Effective Altruism and early-AI 'doomer' networks that have long discussed extreme contingency scenarios.
- This signals that some AI company insiders take catastrophic AI risk seriously enough to make concrete relocation plans, reflecting cultural attitudes toward risk and preparedness inside leading AI firms.
- Some Anthropic veterans are reportedly buying remote land in case "AI goes awry"
WHY IT MATTERS
This signals that some AI company insiders take catastrophic AI risk seriously enough to make concrete relocation plans, reflecting cultural attitudes toward risk and preparedness inside leading AI firms.