US EditionElon Musk Suggests AI Will Make Work 'Optional' and Money Irrelevant
Elon Musk said AI and robotics advances could make work optional and money irrelevant, with physical constraints like power remaining, at a forum on global investment.
- On Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will speak at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at The Kennedy Center, with CNBC Television slated to stream the event at 11:00 a.m. ET.
- During the Tuesday visit the White House said Saudi Arabia increased its trade and investment commitment from $600 billion to $1 trillion, following President Donald Trump's meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
- The dinner marked Elon Musk's first White House appearance since his June feud with President Donald Trump, and Musk and Jensen Huang attended a dinner Trump held for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman later that night.
- Industry-Government talks at the forum overlapped with a major U.S.-Saudi investment announcement as Elon Musk and Jensen Huang discussed AI and digital infrastructure with Abdullah A. Alswaha, Saudi communications and technology minister.
- Musk's return to a White House dinner after a June feud framed the week's engagements, following the White House meeting a day earlier that tied tech leaders to diplomatic events.
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Elon Musk says AI will lead to work being 'optional' and money 'irrelevant'
Elon Musk said at the US-Saudi Investment Forum that advanced AI and humanoid robots will make human work “optional” within 10–20 years, eliminate poverty and render money “irrelevant,” predicting a major societal shift driven by automation.
Video. Watch: Elon Musk says AI will lead to work being 'optional' and money 'irrelevant'
Video. Elon Musk said at the US-Saudi Investment Forum that advanced AI and humanoid robots will make human work “optional” within 10–20 years, eliminate poverty and render money “irrelevant,” predicting a major societal shift driven by automation.
Musk predicts 'money will stop being relevant in the future' as AI, robotics progress
Billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday speculated money may become irrelevant in the future if current artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics innovations continue.The comments came as Musk was speaking at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum hosted at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C."If you go out long enough, assuming there's a continued improvement in AI and robotics, which seems likely, the money will stop being relevant at some point in the …
Elon Musk suggests AI will make work 'optional' and money irrelevant
Tech mogul Elon Musk suggested Wednesday that work will become "optional” in the future as AI continues to develop. The billionaire offered the bold prediction when asked at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum about fears surrounding the future of jobs. “It'll be like playing sports or a video game or something like that,” he said. “In the...
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