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CNBC Elon Musk: There will be at least a billion humanoid robots in 10 years

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The video leverages a high-profile figure, Elon Musk, discussing a futuristic and impactful topic (humanoid robots) with a bold prediction. This combination of a celebrity endorsement and a speculative, yet compelling, technological future likely captured audience attention and drove engagement.

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Elon Musk predicts that within ten years, there will be over a billion humanoid robots, each being five times more productive than a human. He believes this will lead to a recursive effect where robots manufacture more robots, resulting in explosive growth.

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1Elon Musk's prediction of a billion humanoid robots in 10 years
2Robots manufacturing robots leading to a recursive effect
3Initial slow growth followed by explosive growth
4Robots being five times more productive than humans
5The combined productivity of a billion robots surpassing all humans

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CNBC Elon Musk: There will be at least a billion humanoid robots in 10 years Robots will start manufacturing the robots. So you get a recursive effect. So it starts off very, very slowly, but then it grows at an explosive rate. So if you say like ten years from now, I would say there well over a billion humanoid robots. And the productivity per robot will be probably five times that of a human. Meaning that the productivity in ten years of humanoid robots, and I think this is estimate, by the way, I would be willing to to put serious money betting on, that there will be a billion robots in ten years, and that those robots will be at least five times the output of a human, meaning the billion humanoid robots will be more productive than all humans combined.

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Elon Musk said at the G20 meeting that he predicts there will be at least a billion humanoid robots in a decade and that they will be "more productive than all humans combined." Watch more at the #linkinbio or the link on screen. #CNBC #elonmusk #humanoidrobot #robot