Musk predicts superintelligence will end scarcity: universal high income, no work needed
VraserX · x · 2026-11-09
Elon Musk claims superintelligence will make everyone "ridiculously wealthy" — owning a castle could become trivial, healthcare better than today's billionaires, and no need to work, via a "universal extremely high income."
His point: people still don't grasp how radically AI could change civilization, potentially making scarcity itself obsolete.
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