‘We’re Definitely Going to Build a Bunker Before We Release AGI’

“I’m sorry,” the researcher interrupted, “the bunker?”“We’re definitely going to build a bunker before we release AGI,” Sutskever replied. To plug the hole, Altman reformulated OpenAI’s legal structure, creating a new “capped-profit” arm within the nonprofit to raise more capital. “I don’t think Sam is the guy who should have the finger on the button for AGI,” Sutskever said in one such meeting, according to notes I reviewed. “I don’t feel comfortable about Sam leading us to AGI,” Murati said in another, according to sources familiar with the conversation. To quell the rising concerns about generative AI’s present-day performance, Altman has trumpeted the future benefits of AGI ever louder.