Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below. Elon Musk believes artificial intelligence is advancing faster than almost anyone realizes — and he has an increasingly bold prediction for just how powerful it could become. In a July 2026 interview with The Economist, the Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO predicted that AI could exceed the combined intelligence of all humans in roughly five years. That puts his forecast at roughly 2031.
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