Musk envisions a robot buddy for everyone and 'universal high income' in 90% good outcome
heyshrutimishra · x · 2026-10-04
In an interview with China Media Group, Elon Musk split the humanoid-robot future into a 90% good outcome and a 10% bad one. In the good scenario, everyone gets their own C-3PO or R2-D2 that looks after elderly parents, watches children, and tutors one-on-one.
He goes further: one person running thousands of physical and digital robots, producing what he calls "effectively universal high income" — and it's unclear money will even matter.
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