Elon Musk hails Xi Jinping’s leadership and Chinese AI capabilities on state media
Tesla CEO Elon Musk described Chinese President Xi Jinping as “a great leader” and “very capable” during an interview with China’s state broadcaster on Wednesday, hours before Xi left China for a summit with US President Donald Trump. “He seems like a great leader. Under his tenure, China has prospered immensely. I’ve seen it first hand,” Musk said in an interview aired on CCTV’s WeChat account,…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk praised Chinese President Xi Jinping as a "great leader" and noted the "immense prosperity" of China during an interview with the state broadcaster CCTV on Wednesday, ahead of Xi's departure for a summit with US President Donald Trump. Musk observed that the average Chinese citizen's standard of living had significantly improved under Xi's leadership.
He also lauded China's manufacturing prowess and AI capabilities, calling the Shanghai Tesla factory a "gem" and predicting that China would address its compute limitations with lithography and chipmaking within two to three years. Musk forecasted that there would be "at least a billion human robots" within 10 years, emphasizing the potential amplification of human productivity through the combination of physical and digital robots.
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