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Fortune
Jessica Coacci

Forget the four-day workweek, Elon Musk predicts you won't have to work at all in ‘less than 20 years'

Elon Musk (Credit: ALLISON ROBBERT-Getty Images)

Gen Z graduates are searching for any signs that AI won’t be able to swipe their entry-level roles right out of college. But Elon Musk anticipates a very different future for those young hopefuls: By the time they’re in their forties, they won’t have to work at all. 

“In less than 20 years—but maybe even as little as 10 or 15 years—the advancements in AI and robotics will bring us to the point where working is optional,” Musk said yesterday on an episode of the People by WTF podcast. 

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