Tesla CEO Elon Musk has issued a stark warning about the United States’ financial future, saying the country is headed toward bankruptcy as its national debt continues to rise, News.Az reports, citing Yahoo Finance.
In a February 5 appearance on the Dwarkesh Podcast, Musk argued that America is moving rapidly toward financial collapse unless there is a major breakthrough in artificial intelligence and robotics.
“We are 1,000% going to go bankrupt as a country and fail as a country, without AI and robots,” he said. “Nothing else will solve the national debt.”
According to the U.S. Treasury Department, the national debt currently stands at $38.96 trillion and continues to increase…