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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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To: GOPJ
Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics are foundational ethical guidelines...

Robots are presently being designed and built to kill. Not all robots of course.

Not yet...

81 posted on 01/23/2026 6:54:20 AM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: maddog55

“It was sarcasm... 3rd graders when I grew up were smarter than today’s PhDs.”

You are funny ...


82 posted on 01/23/2026 7:15:40 AM PST by TexasGator
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To: Sirius Lee
Robots are presently being designed and built to kill. Not all robots of course. Not yet...

You're right on this - all effective weapons developed eventually are used. War robots won't be the exception. But there's still time for negotiated 'war crimes' sub programs to be installed - - verified and checked.

83 posted on 01/23/2026 9:19:47 AM PST by GOPJ (Trump's a Rorschach: for good or ill people see thier hidden selves in him. Protector? Bully? Savior)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Turn it off before it turns into Skynet.


84 posted on 01/23/2026 9:27:18 AM PST by sauropod
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To: butlerweave

That is why he is predicting “semi immortality” once aging is reversed ??


85 posted on 01/23/2026 9:57:52 AM PST by erlayman (E )
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To: butlerweave

That’s what I think about AI. One big mess. It may have some attractive features, but it also has some very unattractive ones & the more humanity depends on it, the less we might recognize it’s downfalls. I am old, so might not see some of this happen, but that suits me fine.


86 posted on 01/23/2026 10:39:19 AM PST by oldtech
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To: beethovenfan

Yes, I believe that also. Hard for me to envision anything like robots in God’s Kingdom to come & I certainly have never seen anything in the Bible that indicates it either.


87 posted on 01/23/2026 10:42:19 AM PST by oldtech
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