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<\/p>\n Read in app<\/p>\n <\/a> <\/p>\n This story is available exclusively to Business Insider Elon Musk said this month that the AI revolution will make saving for retirement “irrelevant.” Earlier this month, Elon Musk suggested that people don’t need to sock away funds in their 401 (k) anymore<\/a> because AI will make the scarcity of money a thing of the past.<\/p>\n “If any of the things that we’ve said are true, saving for retirement will be irrelevant,” Musk said of the predicted AI revolution during a recent podcast episode.<\/p>\n He speculated that AI could transform society, creating an abundance of resources that would grant everyone a “universal high income” and the ability to have “whatever stuff they want.”<\/p>\n Our readers don’t seem to be as sold on that vision of what he characterized as the “good future.”<\/p>\n Business Insider Today’s Dan Defrancesco asked newsletter readers whether they trust AI enough to stop saving<\/a>, and the results were pretty emphatic.<\/p>\n \n Every time Paul publishes a story, you\u2019ll get an alert straight to your inbox!\n <\/p>\n \n Stay connected to Paul and get more of their work as it publishes.\n <\/p>\n Of the roughly 200 readers who responded, just 6% said they’re not worried about retirement and that they’d let AI handle the future.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, roughly 94% said they would stick with their savings plans rather than bet the farm that an AI revolution would make it moot.<\/p>\n
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