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Elon Musk: “AI and robotics will eliminate poverty.”

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Elon Musk Interview | The Future, Engineered | X Takeover 2025

Published July 27, 2025 | Video Starts at 23:52

So maybe like on the order of $3,000. I'm just guessing there and you know that's 30 trillion in revenue. … AI and robotics will eliminate poverty. … something like that may happen. Yeah. What would you say is Optimus going to have the biggest impact on. Do you think it's going to start obviously in manufacturing like or at what? (23:52–23:59)

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