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He’s wrong about money disappearing and he’s wrong about the earth needing more people. But the dude understands the risk/reward paradigm.

How would consumer based economies around the world be supported Mr trillioner ?

Travel the world and you'd find shops, markets etc...and people of all backgrounds and professions hassling and bustling for money in every corner, and that especially includes the big banks, financial, and insurance companies on top of it all. Are they all going to be living off of "Universal High Income?" Mr Musk ?

Just keep the stock price up for us, thanks !

He's really doubling down on you'll have no money and be happy.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/01/16/elon-musk-wants-you-to-cash-in-your-retirement-savings-because-ai-will-provide-for-every-need/



Who's going to buy his cars and pay the subscriptions?

On the Moonshots with Peter Diamandis podcast last week, Musk stated: “Don’t worry about squirreling money away for retirement in 10 or 20 years. It won’t matter.”

What he doesn't explain is why the rich would ever share the wealth from their control over AI and robotics.

Generosity? I don't think so.

Patrick says

“Don’t worry about squirreling money away for retirement in 10 or 20 years. It won’t matter.”

Seems like Elon sees a future similar to the "Picnic on Nearside" sci-fi world where robots and AI produce such abundance that people need not work and thus exclusively pursue hobbies and recreational activities.

I wouldn't pay a subscription for FSD or much else. Maybe entertainment if I was into that but I'm not. I barely used my free 3 month trial of SiriusXM. I tried looking for conservative talk but it was RINO talk or Sean Hannity. Nothing else.

At least that is cheaper than the much shittier "FSD" subscription Ford wants me to pay when my 1 year free trial ends.

Ford can be hacked easily. You just need to tie a weight, maybe 2lbs of quarters to the steering wheel and it's the same as their Blue Cruise hands free driving.

HeadSet says

robots and AI produce such abundance that people need not work

Who will own those robots and AI?

If it's the rich, they certainly will not share.

If it's the government, then we will all become dependent on the government.

Or maybe everyone will be able to purchase his own robot, if they're not too expensive.

I am looking around my house and my current lifestyle. I do not see anything I would need a robot to do, probably never will. In fact, it might even be a costly burden at $20K plus future costs.

That's why I've never been interested in a romba. I never care for the lane assist feature, autocorrect, or autopilot, etc... A friend showed off summoning his tesla, it moved from his driveway to the curb. I work in tech and I find all these tech very cool but do not care to integrate most of them into my lifestyle. I tried alexa once after getting it as a gift, and trashed it immediately. Did not get into the whole "smart home" tech. Even my solar monitor gateway is not configured on purpose. There are enough always-on devices on the home subnet as it is, I do not need more, most of which are running crappy FWs with potential backdoors.

I seriously think the world is getting out of control with too much tech in our lives. That's just me.

Patrick says

Or maybe everyone will be able to purchase his own robot, if they're not too expensive.

That's my plan for when I'm old and need TP for my bunghole!

But I've been planning on one of those Japanese models that maybe won't spy on me for my govt.

I don't need no fatiguer suffocating me with a pillow.

floki says

Did not get into the whole "smart home" tech.

Same. I would never have Alexa good god. But. Smart home tech is great if you say for instance have a VRBO rental in Maui but you live in California. I just don't want that crap in my home.

All of my friends have Alexa though.

I remember in the naughties when people were being spooked by ad-ware and spy-ware. WTF happened to the concern!?

People lost their shiite about stem cell tech neary 20 years ago but hey, we should all stab our arms with genetic short circuit reprogramming for the covids!

amirite or amirite!?