Elon Musk is no stranger to a wild idea, but his latest remarks have sparked concern – as he thinks robots could soon outnumber humans.
The billionaire, who is also the mastermind behind the Tesla Bot (AKA Optimus), took to X to share his thoughts on the direction in which the robot revolution could be heading, and it’s not good news if you were already worried about their sentience.
It comes as Tesla vows to produce 10,000 of the robots by the end of 2025, having launched the first version in 2021.
ELON MUSK: “Tesla is the only company with all the ingredients for making intelligent humanoid robots at scale.
My prediction is that Optimus will be the biggest product of all time by far. It will be 10 times bigger than the next biggest product ever made.” pic.twitter.com/Aqa6SsnsQW
— DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) April 2, 2025
“Long-term, I think there will be more… the ratio of humanoid robots will be more than one to one. There might be two humanoid robots or more, maybe 10
