Overview
- Responding on X to a post citing a report that Amazon plans to replace workers with AI and robots and cut about 160,000 jobs by 2027, Musk wrote that AI and robots will replace all jobs.
- He suggested that people could choose not to work, likening optional labor to growing vegetables instead of buying them.
- Musk predicted a future of what he called universal high income, presenting job automation as an opportunity rather than a threat.
- The remarks echo his 2024 VivaTech comments estimating a strong chance of a future without shortages due to AI-driven productivity.
- India Today noted his related ventures, including xAI’s AI-only software effort dubbed Macrohard and Tesla’s Optimus robot project.