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Elon Musk: “If you have ubiquitous AI that is essentially free or close…”

Featuring: Elon Musk, Senior Advisor to the President, Head of Department of Government Efficiency | National

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland — 1/22/2026

Published | Video Starts at 07:06

We don't want to find ourselves in a James Cameron movie. You know, Terminator, he's got great movies, love his movies. But we don't want to be in Terminator, obviously. But If you have ubiquitous AI that is essentially free or close to it and ubiquitous robotics, then you will have an explosion in the global economy. an expansion in the global economy that is truly beyond all precedent. Elon, can that expansion be broad? Yes. Or is it Narrow. And how can that be created? (07:06–07:28)

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Asserts that widespread, affordable AI and robotics will cause unprecedented global economic expansion.

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