Musk: dexterous humanoid robots would give everyone better care than today's richest person
elonmusk · x · 2026-08-21
Elon Musk says that if humanoid robots achieve very high dexterity and intelligence, everyone on Earth will have access to better medical care than the richest person alive. Citing his own three neck surgeries — the first two of which were done wrong — he suggested back pain could be among the problems robots eliminate, and that average human happiness would rise tremendously.
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