Elon Musk thinks personal robots could be a technological dream or a science fiction-style nightmare.
The world’s richest man talked about a robot-filled future during the Saudi-U.S. investment forum in Riyadh on Tuesday, where he acknowledged both the upsides and risks of having humanoid machine helpers.
“I think we’re headed to a radically different world. I think a good world, an interesting world,” Musk said, predicting there will be tens of billions of robots across the globe in the future.
“Everyone will want to have their personal robot,” added the billionaire, whose company Tesla unveiled the first prototype of its humanoid Optimus automaton in 2022. “You can think of it like — as though you had your own personal C-3PO or R2-D2 but even better.”
He also said that having personal robots “unlocks an immense amount of economic potential” and could possibly help the world economy blossom by tenfold.
