Afghanistan, July 25 -- Elon Musk, the world's richest man and CEO of SpaceX, has offered a striking vision of the world in 2036, predicting that artificial intelligence could surpass the combined intelligence of humanity within five years and outperform humans in almost every field within a decade.
In an exclusive interview with The Economist, Musk described 2036 as the beginning of an era of "extraordinary abundance", in which almost anyone could have anything they want. He said the future economy would be powered by a combination of "digital intelligence" and "physical intelligence", as advances in AI coincide with the mass production of humanoid robots.
Musk argued that the rapid development of AI and robotics could eventually drive t...