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Elon Musk told biographer Walter Isaacson that artificial intelligence and robotics are the sole viable methods for resolving the United States national debt, marking a significant pivot from his earlier efforts to reduce federal spending through administrative cuts.
In an interview for the new podcast series "The Builders with Walter Isaacson," which premieres Tuesday, Musk stated that the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, experiment failed to achieve its fiscal goals.
"The only way we're going to solve the national debt is with AI and robots," Musk said, adding that the government cannot solve the issue by attempting to save its way out of it.
Musk's remarks acknowledge that the DOGE initiative, which he once headed, was a flop. He explained that there is no appetite among the presidency, the House, the Senate, or the judiciary to cut spending.
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