Fortune reports:

[https://fortune.com/2025/11/20/elon-musk-tesla-ai-work-optional-money-irrelevant/]

Elon Musk says that in 10 to 20 years, work will be optional and money will be irrelevant thanks to AI and robotics

“My prediction is that work will be optional. It’ll be like playing sports or a video game or something like that,” Musk said. “If you want to work, [it’s] the same way you can go to the store and just buy some vegetables, or you can grow vegetables in your backyard. It’s much harder to grow vegetables in your backyard, and some people still do it because they like growing vegetables.”

Musk - the man his own Grok-AI called 'the world's top human being' (who says AI isn't biased) - is referring to the likelihood that robots will be doing most of the work in the near future.

At Viva Technology 2024, Musk suggested “universal high income” would sustain a world without necessary work, though he did not offer details on how this system would function. His reasoning rhymes with that of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who has advocated for universal basic income, or regular payments given unconditionally to individuals, usually by the government. 

Then we will all be in thrall to our governments and dependent on their largesse just to survive.

Some future.