US EditionMusk Predicts AI Will Make Work Optional, Money Irrelevant
Elon Musk predicts AI and robotics will create abundant goods and optional work within 20 years, envisioning a post-scarcity future with universal high income, amid expert skepticism.
- On Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk spoke at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., joining Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to discuss artificial intelligence and robotics.
- Citing AI and robotics, Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, argued those technologies, including Tesla's Optimus and AI 'factories,' could produce abundance and reshape economic systems with continued improvement.
- Predicting the timeline, Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, said most work could cease in 10 to 20 years, adding `At some point, currency becomes irrelevant` and noting physical constraints: electricity and mass.
- During the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum on Nov. 19, 2025, Musk predicted AI will make work optional and currency irrelevant, with Jensen Huang offering a more cautious view.
- Observers flagged that Musk warned of trauma and disruption along the way, while Jensen Huang offered a more measured view, saying jobs will be different, and Musk said AI and human robots will actually eliminate poverty.
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Elon Musk has made the bold claim that the rise of robots and AI will see work become "optional" in the future. Speaking at the US-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington D.C. on Wednesday (19 November), the tech billionaire predicted "work will be optional" like "playing sports or a video game". Mr Musk, who recently secured a ‘$1trillion deal’ from the Tesla board, went on to claim that currency will become "irrelevant" and that "AI and humanoid …
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