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Kelby Vera
Wed, May 14, 2025, 10:10 AM 2 min read
Elon Musk thinks idiosyncratic robots could beryllium a technological imagination oregon a subject fiction-style nightmare.
The world’s richest antheral talked astir a robot-filled future during the Saudi-U.S. concern forum successful Riyadh connected Tuesday, wherever helium acknowledged some the upsides and risks of having humanoid instrumentality helpers.
“I deliberation we’re headed to a radically antithetic world. I deliberation a bully world, an absorbing world,” Musk said, predicting determination volition beryllium tens of billions of robots crossed the globe successful the future.
“Everyone volition privation to person their idiosyncratic robot,” added the billionaire, whose institution Tesla unveiled the archetypal prototype of its humanoid Optimus automaton successful 2022. “You tin deliberation of it similar — arsenic though you had your ain idiosyncratic C-3PO oregon R2-D2 but adjacent better.”
He besides said that having idiosyncratic robots “unlocks an immense magnitude of economical potential” and could perchance assistance the satellite system blossom by tenfold.
But Musk, who joined Donald Trump in Saudi Arabia during the president’s travel to the Middle East, besides acknowledged however the exertion could spell awry if we’re not careful.
“If we don’t bash this right, you tin person a James Cameron benignant of movie, you know, ‘Terminator.’ We don’t privation that one,” helium said. “But having benignant of a ‘Star Trek’ aboriginal would beryllium great.”
The tech mogul has agelong maintained that a satellite afloat of idiosyncratic robots is good wrong reach.
During Tesla’s “We, Robot” lawsuit successful California past year, Musk said, “The Optimus volition locomotion amongst you.”
He mused astir machines that volition beryllium capable to service drinks, walk dogs, babysit oregon mow the tract and said astatine a terms of $20,000 to $30,000, they could beryllium “something anyone could own.”
While successful Riyadh, Musk besides discussed the emerging autonomous car industry, saying, “You tin deliberation of aboriginal cars arsenic being robots connected 4 wheels.”
Tesla is reportedly hoping to launch a aviator programme for its fleet of robotaxis successful Austin, Texas, by June.
Watch Musk’s quality astatine the Saudi-U.S. concern forum here:
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