Musk says the future is AI and robots, requiring 200GW/year of US solar capacity
XFreeze · x · 2026-10-20
Elon Musk outlined the technologies he believes will shape humanity's future: superintelligence, robotics, and rockets for expanding beyond Earth — with AI and robots at the core.
All of it requires enormous energy, primarily solar. He claims the US is building 200 gigawatts per year of solar production capacity, which he believes exceeds current installed capacity.
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