What surprising survival plan did Sam Altman reveal in 2016?

Before ChatGPT took over the world, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was already preparing for… the end of it. In a 2016 interview, Altman revealed that he had plans to build a fully stocked underground survival bunker in Big Sur, California, complete with guns, gold, water, gas masks, and antibiotics.
He wasn’t alone — Altman claimed he knew “a bunch of Silicon Valley billionaires” doing the same. Why? He feared a global pandemic or AI gone wrong. Ironically, he’s now the face of the AI revolution.