Elon Musk’s Claim About Robots Outnumbering Humans by 2040 ‘Unrealistic’ [Video]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a striking claim on Tuesday that humanoid robots will surpass the human population by 2040, suggesting a future with over 10 billion such robots.

Speaking at the Future Investment Initiative summit in Saudi Arabia, Musk said these robots, able to “do anything,” would cost between $20,000 and $25,000, making them accessible beyond industrial applications. However, industry experts have expressed deep skepticism, questioning both the technological feasibility and the practicality of such a vision.

Angelo Cangelosi, a professor of machine learning and robotics at the U.K.’s University of Manchester, cast doubt on Musk’s forecast, describing it as “definitely not realistic.”

Cangelosi, whose work centers on the social interactions and industrial applications of humanoid robots, argued that a …