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“In the long term, work will be optional — like playing a game or growing vegetables because you enjoy it.” — Elon Musk

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Elon Musk predicts that in the long term, work may become optional “Work will be optional It’ll be like playing sports or a video game. If you want to work, you can In the same way you can buy vegetables from a store or grow them yourself in your backyard. Growing them is harder, but some people still do it because they enjoy it” Advanced AI and robotics could eventually create a world where people work primarily because they want to ...not because they need to survive

Elon Musk predicts that in the long term, work may become optional “Work will be optional It’ll be like playing sports or a video game. If you want to work, you can In the same way you can buy vegetables from a store or grow them yourself in your backyard. Growing them is harder, but some people still do it because they enjoy it” Advanced AI and robotics could eventually create a world where people work primarily because they want to ...not because they need to survive

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Elon Musk: In the future, working be like playing sports or a video game. “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 you can, in the same way that you can go to the store and just buy some vegetables, or you could grow vegetables in your backyard. It’s much harder to grow vegetables in your backyard, but some people still do it because they like growing vegetables. That will be what work is like: optional. Now, between now and then, there’s actually a lot of work to get to that point.” From: U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum November 19, 2025

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ELON MUSK: In the long term with AI and robotics, the work will be optional & money will stop being relevant. It'll be like, if you want to work, you can work, in the same way, like you can go to the store and just buy some vegetables, or you can grow vegetables in your backyard.

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Elon Musk predicts working will be optional in less than 20 years. “My prediction is: in less than 20 years, working will be optional, like a hobby, pretty much. And that would be because of increased productivity, meaning people do not have to work; they don’t have to. Look, obviously people can play this back in 20 years and say, “Look, Elon made this ridiculous prediction and it’s not true,” but I think it will turn out to be true—that in less than 20 years, and maybe even as little as, I don’t know, 10 or 15 years, the advancements in AI and robotics will bring us to the point where working is optional. In the same way that, like, say, you can grow your own vegetables in your garden or you could go to the store and buy vegetables, you know. It’s much harder to grow your own vegetables, but you know, some people like to grow their vegetables, which is fine, you know. But it’ll be optional in that way, is my prediction.” — Via new Podcast with Nikhil Kamath

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🚨 ELON MUSK: Work will become optional in the future. “I’ve said many times that I think work is going to be optional. Maybe a good comparison would be gardening. You don’t have to garden. You don’t have to grow vegetables in your garden. You can go to the store, and there are going to be pristine vegetables, or you could grow vegetables in your garden, and they will actually be less perfect. Your tomatoes are not going to be as plump and juicy as the ones at the store. They’ll look a little artisanal. But if you go to a friend’s house and they make dinner with vegetables from their garden, it’s a nice touch. So that’s what work is going to be like.”

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Elon Musk: In less than 10 years, work won’t be something you have to do… it’ll be something you choose to do. He says the future of AI and robotics is heading toward a world where working becomes optional — just like growing your own vegetables. You can do it, but you don’t have to. Some people will still work because they enjoy it, not because they need to survive. That flips everything we know about jobs, money, and purpose. Imagine waking up and deciding to work purely because you want to, not because you’re forced to. That’s the kind of shift he’s talking about. And it doesn’t stop there — Musk believes Tesla’s Optimus robots could eventually perform highly skilled tasks like surgery, delivering medical care that’s better than what the best humans can provide today. A future where everyone, anywhere in the world, gets access to elite-level healthcare. Optional work. Superhuman doctors. AI running the backbone of society.

Elon Musk: In less than 10 years, work won’t be something you have to do… it’ll be something you choose to do. He says the future of AI and robotics is heading toward a world where working becomes optional — just like growing your own vegetables. You can do it, but you don’t have to. Some people will still work because they enjoy it, not because they need to survive. That flips everything we know about jobs, money, and purpose. Imagine waking up and deciding to work purely because you want to, not because you’re forced to. That’s the kind of shift he’s talking about. And it doesn’t stop there — Musk believes Tesla’s Optimus robots could eventually perform highly skilled tasks like surgery, delivering medical care that’s better than what the best humans can provide today. A future where everyone, anywhere in the world, gets access to elite-level healthcare. Optional work. Superhuman doctors. AI running the backbone of society.

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