In less than 20 years none of us will be working at all thanks to artificial intelligence, says Elon Musk

Working will become optional in just 20 years thanks to advances in artificial intelligence and robotics, Elon Musk has claimed.

The world’s richest man said the decision to work will become like a hobby such as sport or growing your own vegetables.

And, somewhat curiously for a man worth $360billion, he insisted that money will also become irrelevant in the future.

Mr Musk told the US-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington: ‘In ten to 20 years my prediction is that work will be optional. It’ll be like playing sports or a video game or something like that.

‘If you want to work, [it’s] the same way you can go to the store and just buy some vegetables, or you can grow vegetables in your backyard.

‘It’s much harder to grow vegetables in your backyard, and some people still do it because they like growing vegetables. That will be what work is like. Optional.’

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