Elon Musk has predicted that more than one billion humanoid robots could exist within 10 years and collectively outproduce humanity. Speaking virtually at the G20 Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on 1 September, the Tesla CEO said each machine could eventually deliver about five times a human's output.
The forecast does not mean robots would outnumber people by 2036. United Nations projections put the global population at about 8.95 billion that year, leaving one billion robots far below the human population. Musk made a separate prediction at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January that robots would eventually become more numerous than people.
