Some early Anthropic employees consider remote US land for severe AI risks

A Wall Street Journal article reports that some early Anthropic employees are considering buying remote land in the United States to relocate to if AI goes seriously wrong. They also practiced doomsday scenarios and preparation plans in a private Slack. The wider AI safety community has discussed iodine pills, remote islands and electromagnetically shielded desert bunkers.

An isolated, well-stocked bunker may not be secure if its owners lack ties to the local community; in a crisis, it could become a “loot drop.” A separate policy concern was a stated preference for regulation rather than facing a self-defense situation involving rogue agents. Rogue Waymo vehicles were raised only as a hypothetical example.