Elon Musk lays out the 90% likely outcome for AI...a future of personal robots, universal high income and unimaginable abundance
“Let me focus on the 90% likely outcome...which is the prosperous, the good outcome”
“The 90% positive outcome is that everyone’s got robots that are their buddies”
“Wouldn’t it be great if everyone could have their own personal C-3PO, R2-D2...but even better than that?”
“They could take care of elderly parents, be a good guardian, watch over children or be an individualized tutor”
“I think you’ll see many companies where it’s one person with hundreds, maybe thousands of robots...physical robots as well as digital robots”
“The productivity of one person would be greatly amplified”
“My prediction is that there will be effectively universal high income”
“It’s not clear to me that money will even matter in the future”
“You have an age of abundance that is difficult for us to wrap our minds around”
“The robot will be happy to work 168 hours a week, continuously...and the robot is instantly at working age and does not have retirement”