Elon Musk: Robots Will Vastly Improve Living Standards, But Fulfillment Will Be the Challenge

Elon Musk: Robots will considerably improve our standard of living. The challenge will be fulfillment and meaning in life.

“There will be ultimately billions of humanoid robots. All cars will be self-driving. Goods and services will become close to free. It's not as though people will be wanting in terms of goods and services. You'll have tens of billions of robots that will make you anything or provide any service you want for basically next to nothing.

People will not have a lower standard of living. They'll actually have a much higher standard of living. The challenge will be fulfillment. How do you derive fulfillment and meaning in life?”

Interview with Ted Cruz, March 17, 2025