Tech billionaire Elon Musk — the founder of Tesla, SpaceX, and X (formerly Twitter) — has made a striking prediction about the future impact of artificial intelligence (AI). He believes that AI and robots will soon take over nearly all human jobs, reshaping global employment and society as a whole.
Replying to a post on X, Musk stated that in the near future, working will become a choice rather than a necessity. “AI and robots will perform all jobs,” he wrote, suggesting that people will work only if they wish to, not because they have to.
He illustrated this idea with an example: in the future, if someone wants fresh vegetables, they might choose to grow them themselves rather than buy them — simply out of personal interest, not financial need.
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Musk’s comments came after a report claimed that Amazon is planning to replace thousands of human workers with robots. According to The New York Times, the company could automate as many as 500,000 jobs. Amazon, however, denied the report, saying it did not reflect the company’s full employment strategy.
In a separate interview, Musk went even further, predicting that products and services could become “virtually free” as AI-powered robots handle all production and labor. He said people would have access to billions of intelligent machines that could assist them in every task, dramatically improving their standard of living.
However, Musk warned that this new world could bring emotional and psychological challenges — with humans struggling to find purpose in a life without work.
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Despite his visionary ideas, Musk has a history of overly ambitious forecasts. In 2016, he predicted that a Tesla would drive autonomously from New York to Los Angeles within two years, and that SpaceX would send a rocket to Mars by 2018 — neither of which happened.