Inside Elon Musk’s vision of the future, where robots do everything and humans don’t work: Utopia or ‘dystopian hellhole’?

Andreea Neblea

The future is almost here — and, surprise, it’s going to be very relaxing. That’s according to Elon Musk , at least. In recent months, the tech tycoon has been pushing the idea of “sustainable abundance” — or, the more appealingly named, “amazing abundance.” He claims that with the rise of artificial intelligence, humans will be able to enjoy lives of leisure and a universal basic income while the bots do all the work. We’ll all be freed from the shackles of doing undesirable labor, which will