Rep. Jeff Van Drew, RN.J., discusses Sen. Bernie Sanders’ criticism of Big Tech and the rapid growth of artificial intelligence in “The Evening Edit.”
Billionaire business magnate Elon Musk described himself as a “maker” in a Tuesday post on
“My Tesla and SpaceX shares, which make up almost all of my ‘wealth,’ only increase in value as a function of how many useful products those companies produce and service,” Musk wrote.
“This means that my ‘wealth’ can only increase as a result of producing more products and services for the public. Furthermore, everyone who is a shareholder in Tesla and SpaceX, including employees, participates in the positive side of the stock appreciation,” he continued.
“That’s because I’m a maker, not a taker like the Bernie Sanders-like politicians of the world. They take and they take over because they can’t or don’t want to make it,” he concluded.
BERNIE SANDERS PICKS ‘CORPORATE GREED’ FOR THE RISE OF INFLATION: ‘I AM NOT APOLOGIZING’ FOR GOVERNMENT SPENDING
Left: Elon Musk; Right: Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. (Left: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Right: Heather Diehl/Getty Images/Getty Images)
During remarks at the US-Saudi Investment Forum in November, Musk suggested that work will eventually become optional because of robotics and artificial intelligence.
In a post on X in August, Musk responded to someone who asked how workers replaced by robots will make a living if they become unemployed.
“There will be a universal high income (not just a basic income). Everyone will have the best medical care, food, housing, transportation and everything else. Sustainable abundance,” Musk wrote.
MUSK PREDICTS AI WILL CREATE ‘UNIVERSAL HIGH INCOME’ AND MAKE SAVE MONEY UNNECESSARY
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the spread of AI technologies could make work optional within 10 to 20 years, though he warned there is still a lot of work to be done between now and then.
“Hello Elon Musk, this is Senator Bernie Sanders. I was happy to hear that with the rapid advances in artificial intelligence and robotics that you are funding, you will bring about utopia in the world,” he said in the video.
“How will this utopia come about?” he asked. The lawmaker said he looks forward to learning how Musk and Musk’s “other oligarch friends” will provide a “beautiful life” for working people.
“The takers like Bernie will eventually follow the takers, but they are also cowards and lack any sense of adventure, so they will wait until it is safe,” Musk claimed in a post on X this month.
Sanders fired back, “Yes, Elon. I don’t have “any sense of adventure” if that “adventure” will, as you have made clear, force tens of millions of workers out of their jobs. The goal of AI and robotics should be to improve life for all people, not just to make you and your fellow oligarchs even richer.”
Musk is sounding the alarm on silver as China limits exports needed for crucial industrial processes
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Sanders argues for one moratorium about the construction of AI data centers.
