Economist Ben Moll: under 0.01% odds airlines vanish to AI robots by 2030
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-09-11
Economist Ben Moll made his stance explicit in a reply: he puts the probability that "by 2030 United Airlines doesn't exist because everyone flies in personal robots manufactured from scratch by AI" at under 0.01%.
The quip is a pointed rebuttal to radically aggressive AGI timelines, quantifying his skepticism about near-term AI-driven disruption.
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