Musk: AI and Humanoid Robots Could Expand Global Economy by Multiples
XFreeze · x · 2026-09-01
Elon Musk stated that digital AI alone could boost the global economy by 20–30%. However, once general-purpose humanoid robots scale physical labor, the economy could eventually grow by 10× or more. He emphasized that AI provides intelligence while robots provide labor, unlocking an almost incomprehensible scale of abundance.
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