Elon Musk predicts ‘working will be optional’ within 10-20 years due to AI and Robotics

Updated on 01 Dec 2025 | Category: Business

Elon Musk predicted that advances in AI and robotics could make work optional within the next 10 to 20 years. “My prediction is that, in the future, working will be optional. Advances in AI and robotics will bring us to a point where working is optional,” he said on Nikhil Kamath’s podcast.

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has predicted that rapid advances in artificial intelligence and robotics could make work optional within the next 10 to 20 years.
Musk’s vision underscores a future where human labor may no longer be a necessity for survi...