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Elon Musk at Davos: AI to outthink humanity, robots to outnumber people
Rebel News ^ | January 22, 2026 | | Sheila Gunn Reid

Posted on 01/22/2026 3:44:39 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

At his first appearance at the World Economic Forum, Elon Musk predicted artificial intelligence will soon be smarter than any human alive.

“AI might be smarter than any human by the end of 2026,” Musk said, adding “no later than 2027.” Five years out, he went further: “AI will be smarter than all of humanity, collectively.”

Musk also warned that robots are coming fast — and in massive numbers. “There will be far more robots than people,” he told the globalist audience, describing an automation boom that will upend labour, economics and power structures far sooner than regulators are ready for.

Asked what drives him, Musk didn’t cite climate targets or social engineering schemes. Instead, he pointed to science fiction and turning it into reality. “I want to make science fiction not fiction forever — at some point science fiction to science fact,” he said.

Musk spoke of “giant spaceships traveling through space,” visiting other planets and star systems, adding with a shrug: “Are there aliens? Maybe there are aliens.”

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1 posted on 01/22/2026 3:44:39 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Sounds like a real big mess


2 posted on 01/22/2026 3:45:22 PM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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So lets end immigration since we don’t need more people (and send back all of Elon’s beloved H1B Indians)


3 posted on 01/22/2026 3:48:36 PM PST by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Paradise.


4 posted on 01/22/2026 3:50:46 PM PST by Fuzz (.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Best case scenario — robots grow your food, robots manufacture your stuff, the government sends you a check every month. You sit at home and order whatever it is you need for a decent lifestyle, and a robot truck delivers it to your residence.

And everyone is bored to death and decides to burn down their local city to have a bit of fun.


5 posted on 01/22/2026 3:53:40 PM PST by ClearCase_guy ("The system owns the path of least resistance... don't follow it." - ChatGPT)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I don’t like the sound of what is expected to become a massive invasion of robots everywhere. Not that I could do anything about it. Seems to me, if the robots are so efficient, we should not need to be swamped with physical hardware from coast to coast. The sources should be centered in various parts of each community which decides to use them.


6 posted on 01/22/2026 3:55:55 PM PST by lee martell
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

AI might even take over the rioting currently done by perverts and democrats..................


7 posted on 01/22/2026 3:57:26 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

God has something to say about that.


8 posted on 01/22/2026 4:01:36 PM PST by beethovenfan (The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

In these environments, Elon always looks to me like his got smart contacts on. His stammering fits with his eyes going left to right as if he is reading his lenses.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/07/forget-smart-glasses-this-smart-contact-lens-prototype-has-a-new-vision-for-ar/


9 posted on 01/22/2026 4:03:23 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: lee martell

China has already deployed Robocops.


10 posted on 01/22/2026 4:03:47 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ( Klaatu barada nikto.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

And be pissed cuz Grok is still moderated


11 posted on 01/22/2026 4:05:31 PM PST by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: butlerweave

“”Sounds like a real big mess””

Agree...Glad I’m on the back end of the mess that’s about to come...It’s hard enough accepting the changes in the past 20 years..I have no desire to live through the coming changes. The maternal side of my family has LONGEVITY and I don’t wish to duplicate that - 105 and 107 years old great aunt and uncle. I know it’s not up to me but it’s my opinion.....


12 posted on 01/22/2026 4:07:23 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

but those companies want AI to make them money and it’s not


13 posted on 01/22/2026 4:09:09 PM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: PeterPrinciple

“”AI might even take over the rioting currently done by perverts and democrats””

AND Congress perhaps...couldn’t be any worse, could it?


14 posted on 01/22/2026 4:09:17 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

AI to date is dumb as shxt. It can definitely search things faster but it’s assessment and predictive analysis is 3rd grade level in my time...or PHd level in today’s colleges.


15 posted on 01/22/2026 4:13:31 PM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: escapefromboston

Well, we are going to need the robots. Since the Indians wont even let us tech workers apply for tech jobs anymore. It is very strange to be discriminated against on the basis of national origin for being an American in America. Has that ever happened before?


16 posted on 01/22/2026 4:13:44 PM PST by jroehl (And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
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To: ClearCase_guy

That is what I do now. Except the “burning down” stuff. I will have to put that on my calendar!


17 posted on 01/22/2026 4:15:28 PM PST by jroehl (And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
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To: jroehl

The H-1b work visa is one of the most heinous evil things EVER.. End it now!!!


18 posted on 01/22/2026 4:17:50 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn... )
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To: jroehl

Sensible people can sit at home, have hobbies, socialize, learn new skills, and enjoy life.

But a lot of people don’t have patience, they don’t have interests, and they have poor impulse control. They are not going to sit at home and write poetry or engage in wood working. Burning Cities may not be on your dance card, but they have it on theirs.


19 posted on 01/22/2026 4:17:55 PM PST by ClearCase_guy ("The system owns the path of least resistance... don't follow it." - ChatGPT)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“I want to make science fiction not fiction forever — at some point science fiction to science fact,” he said

Musk is an incredible guy but never trust an idealogue or idealist on timing of predictions.


20 posted on 01/22/2026 4:18:03 PM PST by plain talk
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