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Well over a billion humanoid robots within 10 years

“If you say like 10 years from now, I would say there are well over a billion humanoid robots.”
Video: ANI News livestream — Elon Musk at G20 Innovation Ministerial, Chapel Hill (Sep 1 2026)
▶ WATCH HIM SAY IT @ 00:09:22 — ANI NEWS LIVESTREAM — ELON MUSK AT G20 INNOVATION MINISTERIAL, CHAPEL HILL (SEP 1 2026)
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Said Sep 1 2026 at G20 Innovation Ministerial (Chapel Hill), ANI livestream VFUp66FB4xw. Auto-captions ~09:22–10:01: well over a billion humanoid robots in 10 years; later he says he would put serious money on at least a billion robots in 10 years, each ≥5× a human worker, so the billion would be more productive than all humans combined. Distinct from #253 (at least 100 million in 5 years, with a hedged maybe-a-billion). Primary is video of him speaking.

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Sep 1, 2026
The promise: “If you say like 10 years from now, I would say there are well over a billion humanoid robots.” · ANI News livestream — Elon Musk at G20 Innovation Ministerial, Chapel Hill (Sep 1 2026) 00:09:22 ↗
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On September 1 2026 at the G20 Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill, Elon Musk said that 10 years from now there would be well over a billion humanoid robots, and that he would put serious money on at least a billion robots in 10 years each producing at least five times the output of a human — more productive than all humans combined.

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