{"id":386398,"date":"2026-03-15T13:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T13:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/386398\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T13:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T13:02:16","slug":"elon-musk-bets-on-human-workforce-as-ai-robotics-boost-productivity-basically-just-issue-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/386398\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Bets On Human Workforce As AI, Robotics Boost Productivity: &#8216;Basically Just Issue Money\u2026&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><strong>Tesla Inc.<\/strong> CEO <strong>Elon Musk<\/strong> has shared that the automaker will expand its human workforce as artificial intelligence and robotics advancements boost productivity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">On Thursday, Business Insider cited Musk\u2019s comments at the Abundance Summit, where the billionaire shared that Tesla wasn&#8217;t planning any layoffs, instead focusing on expanding its workforce because the &#8220;output per human at Tesla\u201d was going to \u201cget nutty high,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Musk also said that the company would &#8220;basically just issue money to people&#8221; and predicted that the economy would experience &#8220;deflation&#8221; because &#8220;the output of goods and services will so far exceed the money supply.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><strong>Don&#8217;t Miss:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">The news comes as the Tesla CEO has, on several occasions, predicted that his products, namely the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/tech\/26\/03\/51205815\/elon-musk-says-optimus-3-will-be-the-most-advanced-robot-in-the-world-nothings-even-close?nid=51258866&amp;utm_campaign=partner_feed&amp;utm_content=site&amp;utm_medium=partner_feed&amp;utm_source=yahooFinance\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" data-i13n=\"elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Optimus Humanoid Robot;elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;affiliate_link&quot;,&quot;yAffiliateService&quot;:&quot;premonetized&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Optimus Humanoid Robot&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" class=\"link \">Optimus Humanoid Robot<\/a>, would render money useless and enable a universal high income.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">However, Musk&#8217;s claims have been questioned by critics like Sen. <strong>Bernie Sanders<\/strong> (I-VT), who asked Musk about how this &#8220;utopia&#8221; with Universal High Income would come about amid an absence of \u201centry-level jobs\u201d available in the market due to the advent of AI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">The tech industry, meanwhile, has reported multiple layoffs as companies begin incorporating AI into their organizations. Recently, <strong>Jack Dorsey<\/strong>-led <strong>Block Inc.<\/strong> announced that it would cut nearly half its workforce, eliminating over 4,000 roles from the company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><strong>Atlassian Corp<\/strong>, too, cut nearly 10% of its global workforce amid an AI push, letting over 1,600 employees go, with over 30% of the layoffs taking place in Australia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><strong>See Also:\u00a0Disney Was Built on Character IP \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/money\/elf-labs-ip?nid=51258866&amp;utm_campaign=partner_feed&amp;utm_content=site&amp;utm_medium=partner_feed&amp;utm_source=yahooFinance\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" data-i13n=\"elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:This Pre-IPO Company Is Using the Same Playbook;elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;affiliate_link&quot;,&quot;yAffiliateService&quot;:&quot;premonetized&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;This Pre-IPO Company Is Using the Same Playbook&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" class=\"link \">This Pre-IPO Company Is Using the Same Playbook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Lawmakers have expressed concerns about the layoffs, with Sen. <strong>Mark Kelly <\/strong>(D-AZ), questioning the effects of AI incorporation on the American workforce. He also unveiled his AI for America roadmap to protect jobs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Meanwhile, several key personnel have departed from Musk&#8217;s artificial intelligence startup <strong>xAI<\/strong>, including <strong>Yuhuai &#8220;Tony&#8221; Wu<\/strong> and<strong> Jimmy Ba<\/strong>, as well as <strong>Christian Szegedy<\/strong>, who left last February and <strong>Igor Babuschkin<\/strong>, who departed in August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Tesla, too, recently experienced departures as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/prediction-markets\/26\/03\/51146821\/tesla-loses-director-behind-robotaxi-backend-what-do-prediction-markets-say?nid=51258866&amp;utm_campaign=partner_feed&amp;utm_content=site&amp;utm_medium=partner_feed&amp;utm_source=yahooFinance\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" data-i13n=\"elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:11-year company veteran;elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;affiliate_link&quot;,&quot;yAffiliateService&quot;:&quot;premonetized&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;11-year company veteran&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" class=\"link \">11-year company veteran<\/a> <strong>Thomas Dmytryk<\/strong>, who designed the Robotaxi backend software, left the automaker, followed by Tesla&#8217;s VP of Finance <strong>Sendil Palani<\/strong>, who departed the EV giant after 17 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tesla Inc. 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