“I don't know what long term is, maybe it's 10, 20 years or something like that. My prediction is that work will be optional. It'll be like playing sports or a video game or something like that.”
Said Nov 19, 2025Deadline Dec 31, 2045U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum panel with Jensen Huang, Washington D.C., reported by Fox Business, November 20, 2025
Musk framed AI and humanoid robots (including Tesla's Optimus) as eventually eliminating poverty and making currency irrelevant; the outer bound of his stated 10–20 year window falls at the end of 2045.