Elon Musk predicted that AI and robots would eventually allow work to become optional for human beings, that money would become “irrelevant” and poverty would cease to exist.
Elon Musk predicted that AI and robots would eventually allow work to become optional for human beings, that money would become “irrelevant” and poverty would cease to exist. pic.twitter.com/yz9QsBlqMr
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 19, 2025
Elon Musk says in “10-20 years, work will be optional,” due to the rise of AI. “Money will stop being relevant at some point in the future.”
I see poverty as more of an engineering problem than an unsolvable social issue. With Grok and Optimus, we could solve the labor shortage, drive costs to near zero, and create a future where poverty is statistically irrelevant.