The man known as the “brains” behind ChatGPT once proposed building a doomsday bunker for his company’s top researchers ahead of what he believed could be a civilization-altering ‘rapture’: the release of artificial general intelligence, or AGI.
“We’re definitely going to build a bunker before we release AGI,” said Ilya Sutskever, according to Empire of AI author Karen Hao, whose account was adapted in The Atlantic.
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During a 2023 internal meeting, Sutskever reportedly told colleagues, “Once we all get into the bunker…” before being cut off by a confused researcher asking, “I’m sorry, the bunker?”
The remarks, corroborated by multiple sources, reveal a bizarre and almost spiritual fear among the minds crafting the world’s most powerful technologies. “There is a group of people — Ilya being one of them — who believe that building AGI will bring about a rapture. Literally, a rapture,” one researcher said.
As reported by The New York Post, the story of Sutskever’s growing disillusionment with OpenAI’s trajectory and internal power struggles, including his brief ousting of CEO Sam Altman, paints a sobering picture: those closest to AGI’s creation fear not just its misuse, but its very existence.
No manmade bunker can protect the soul from the true rapture that is coming.
The Word of God is clear: there is a day approaching when Jesus Christ will return and take His church out of this world. No billionaire, no bunker, no artificial intelligence can stop it or prepare someone for it, apart from repentance and faith in Jesus.
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The elite of the earth may build underground fortresses, but unless they are born again, all their preparations are in vain. As Christ Himself said, “For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?” (Mark 8:36).
There is only one shelter that will endure in the coming storm: the blood of Jesus Christ and the salvation He freely offers. The true rapture won’t be triggered by machines, it will be led by the King of kings. And only those who know Him will be ready.
James Lasher is staff writer for Charisma Media.
