August 30, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – The “biggest problem” facing the world is not population explosion, but “population collapse,” said Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk.
Musk made the comment in a live-streamed debate with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Chairman Jack Ma in at the August 29 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai.
When Ma reflected on the low birth rate in China — because of its formerly one-child but now two-child policy — Musk agreed that there is a “birth rate” problem.
“Most people think we have too many people on the planet, but actually this is an outdated view,” said Musk.
“Assuming that AI [artificial intelligence] is fine — we’re assuming there’s a benevolent future with AI — I think the biggest problem the world will face in 20 years is population collapse,” he continued.
“Collapse: I want to emphasize this. The biggest issue in 20 years will be population collapse, not explosion, collapse,” he added.
Ma said in response: “I absolutely agree with that, the population will be facing a huge challenge.”
Musk said the “accelerating collapse” will not be able to be checked by immigration.
“The common rebuttal is: ‘Well what about immigration?’” he said.
“Like from where?” he added.
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