Musk foresees future in which humans will play secondary roles to AI

American entrepreneur Elon Musk predicts that once artificial intelligence (AI) gains self-awareness, the world will most likely resemble a simulation in which humans play secondary roles.

He shared this opinion on his social network platform X in a comment, responding to another user’s post, Caliber.Az reports.

Probably true (sigh)

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 2, 2025

The user suggested that with the creation of artificial general intelligence (AGI), humans would become “just secondary characters in a simulation.” AGI is expected to possess self-awareness and the ability to think independently.

“That’s most likely true,” the billionaire responded on the post, adding the word “sigh” in parentheses.

By Nazrin Sadigova