Elon Musk on the future of jobs and AI, 'My prediction is that work will be optional'

The automation that comes with AI is certain to affect jobs, but when recently asked about this topic, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, as is his way, went a step further and declared, "My prediction is that work will be optional."

Now, this is a bold statement, though perhaps Musk, who appeared alongside Jensen Huang (who has his own strong opinions on AI and jobs) at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, D.C., thought this kind of global stage was the perfect place to make such a wild prediction.

To be fair, Musk didn't say this AI workforce revolution would happen today or even next year. "Maybe it's 10-20 years, something like that. For me, that's long-term," he explained.