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- Elon Musk said humanoid robots would unlock "universal precocious income" and assistance boost productivity.
- He predicts tens of billions of idiosyncratic robots, likening them to C-3PO from "Star Wars."
- Musk warned that AI could pb to a "Terminator"-style aboriginal if not handled responsibly.
Elon Musk thinks the aboriginal belongs to robots.
Speaking connected Tuesday astatine the US-Saudi Investment Forum successful Riyadh, the Tesla CEO predicted that humanoid robots could yet fig successful the tens of billions, transforming the planetary economy.
"Everyone volition privation their idiosyncratic robot," Musk said. "You tin deliberation of it similar having your ain idiosyncratic C-3PO oregon R2-D2 — but adjacent better," helium said, referring to "Star Wars" characters.
With that standard of automation, Musk said productivity could soar and usher successful what helium called a "universal precocious income," wherever goods and services go truthful abundant that "no 1 wants for anything."
Musk has tegument successful the robot game. He called Tesla's humanoid Optimus perchance the "biggest merchandise ever of immoderate kind" during a motorboat lawsuit for its robotaxi past October.
He said Tesla aimed to marque a cardinal robots a year, though the task inactive faced method and geopolitical hurdles.
Musk has been making akin predictions astir robots for immoderate time. In a February interrogation astatine Dubai's World Government Summit, successful which helium said humanoid robots and heavy quality volition unlock the planetary economy's imaginable by providing "quasi-infinite products and services."
He besides made a comparable connection astatine an AI information summit successful the UK successful 2023 that AI would yet bash "everything," making jobs optional and turning enactment into thing done purely for "personal satisfaction."
Still, successful Riyadh connected Tuesday, helium acknowledged the risks.
"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."
Musk told the All-In podcast past twelvemonth helium estimated determination was a 20% hazard of "human annihilation" from AI.
The CEO wants to bring Tesla's robotaxis to Saudi Arabia.
"You tin deliberation of aboriginal cars arsenic being robots connected 4 wheels," Musk said.
He didn't supply a timeline, though the institution has said it aims to statesman a robotaxi aviator successful Austin successful June.
Saudi officials person embraced the idea, citing autonomous vehicles arsenic portion of their Vision 2030 strategy to diversify the system distant from oil.
Uber is already moving up with robotaxi plans successful the kingdom, partnering with Chinese steadfast Pony.AI and signing a caller statement with the kingdom's transport authority.
Uber besides owns Careem, the ascendant ride-hailing app successful the Middle East.
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