Musk Predicts Energy Will Replace Money as He Pursues AGI and Brain-Computer Interfaces

Elon Musk has long used SpaceX, Neuralink and xAI to advance multiplanetary settlement, brain-computer interfaces and artificial general intelligence, or AGI, respectively. He views money as essentially a tool for allocating scarce resources and believes breakthroughs in energy and intelligence could shift civilization’s basis for transactions from currency to measurable energy.

Recent reports have focused on Musk’s prediction that energy will ultimately replace traditional currency as the medium through which civilization exchanges value. AGI and brain-computer interfaces would be key technologies for realizing that vision. Available information does not disclose when he made the prediction, how much he plans to invest or any development timeline, leaving the proposition as a long-term concept.