Musk: Current tax system 'will not stand up to AGI' in reply to rent-extraction tax proposal
elonmusk · x · 2026-11-01
Replying to a proposal on taxing rent extractors who don't contribute to growth via investment, Elon Musk argued the current tax system is very inefficient, could be hugely improved, and "will not stand up to AGI at all" — adding bluntly that nothing will stand up to superintelligence.
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