Elon Musk has told the UK prime minister that artificial intelligence will make people redundant from work.
The tech billionaire compared AI to a “magic genie” that gives you any wishes that you want and would bring a time when “no job is needed”.
But he quipped that those fairy tales rarely end well.
The future with AI will be an “age of abundance” with a “universal high income” instead of a universal basic income, the X owner said.
Musk mocked world leaders at the AI summit just hours before his interview with Rishi Sunak began.
He appeared to ridicule politicians’ two-faced approach to AI, suggesting in a tweet that they were hiding ulterior motives.
Mr Sunak said the summit would “tip the balance in favour of humanity” and praised Mr Musk for attending.
The summit is being used to host discussions with world leaders, tech firms and scientists on the risks of advancing AI technology.