Elon: AI to add $20-30 trillion per year to global GDP, crush all humans at software
damianplayer · x · 2026-09-01
Elon Musk says AI's contribution to global GDP will be "on the order of twenty to thirty trillion dollars per year" — a 20-30% increase — and puts anything digital within AI's reach by the end of next year. "AI will just crush all humans at software." Polymarket cited the prediction.
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