Elon Musk says AI will bring "an age of amazing abundance"
“an age of amazing abundance where anybody can have anything they can think of”
Reported July 31, 2026 by theconversation.com. Checked word for word against that report.
Elon Musk has predicted that artificial intelligence will bring about an era of extraordinary material abundance, a claim cited in a film retrospective exploring that idea. The article examines the 1956 science-fiction movie *Forbidden Planet*, in which a space crew discovers the remains of the Krell, an advanced alien civilization. The Krell built a machine capable of turning thoughts into physical reality, but the device gave destructive subconscious desires free expression and wiped them out. A lone scientist on the planet uses the technology to heighten his intellect, and the film presents the outcome as a warning. The piece links Musk’s optimism to that same dream, suggesting AI may amplify human appetites as much as human intelligence.
- theconversation.com ↗︎31 JUL 2026