The Economic Times

When AI makes 'money irrelevant' what happens? Elon Musk answers how humans will stay 'happy' in a future with automation and space travel

Elon Musk believes advances in artificial intelligence, robotics and space travel could eventually make conventional money less important by transforming the global economy. Speaking to Walter Isaacson on The Builders podcast, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO said people would find ways to be happy even if they no longer needed to work, comparing the possibility to retirement. Musk also predicted that digital superintelligence could significantly increase global economic output.