Elon Musk has agreed that artificial intelligence models are now making decisions about design and aesthetics in ways similar to humans. Benji Taylor, head of design at X and SpaceXAI, wrote on X that he no longer sees any compelling reason to believe taste is a permanent boundary large language models will not cross, adding that it is already happening. Musk replied “True.” The exchange follows Musk’s recent comments that AI could eventually perform almost every job better than humans, especially digital work. He has also argued that AI and robotics could lead to an age of abundance in which goods and services become nearly free, work becomes optional, and society moves toward a form of universal high income rather than basic income, depending on how wealth from automation is distributed. Other AI leaders have framed automation more as a productivity boost than as a pure headcount reducer.
Elon Musk has agreed that artificial intelligence models are now making decisions about design and aesthetics in ways similar to humans. Benji Taylor, head of design at X and SpaceXAI, wrote on X that he no longer sees any compelling reason to believe taste is a permanent boundary large language models will not cross, adding that it is already happening. Musk replied “True.” The exchange follows Musk’s recent comments that AI could eventually perform almost every job better than humans, especially digital work. He has also argued that AI and robotics could lead to an age of abundance in which goods and services become nearly free, work becomes optional, and society moves toward a form of universal high income rather than basic income, depending on how wealth from automation is distributed. Other AI leaders have framed automation more as a productivity boost than as a pure headcount reducer.