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Podcast: Elon Musk Podcast
Episode: Elon Musk Said AGI Would Arrive by 2025. Now He Says 2026.
Description: Elon Musk posted on X that there will be no poverty in the future and no need to save money because universal high income is coming. The same week, he told xAI staff that AGI could arrive by 2026. Last year he said AGI would arrive by 2025. We break down what Musk actually said, why his predictions keep slipping, and what happens when the richest person on the planet keeps promising a post-scarcity future that never quite arrives on schedule.