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Tesla CEO Elon Musk Predicts Robots to Outnumber Humans by 2040

Despite Elon Musk’s optimism for a robot-filled near future, it's unlikely to happen,

Imagine a world where humanoid robots outnumber people—this a reality Tesla CEO Elon Musk said we’ll see by the year 2040.

Musk's prediction came during the annual Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday.

“I think by 2040 probably there are more humanoid robots than there are people,” Musk told the audience. “Every country will have an AI or multiple AIs, and there will be a lot of robots, way more robots than people.”

According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s World Population Clock, the number of humans currently stands at around 8.2 billion.