Elon Musk predicts the arrival of the "post-human era".

[New Intelligence Yuan Introduction] Just now, the Davos Forum witnessed two speeches that shook the entire venue. Elon Musk, the world's richest man, predicted that by 2035, AI will be smarter than the combined intelligence of 8 billion people, and the Optimus robot will go on sale in 2027. Humanity will enter an era of "abundance." However, Yuval Noah Harari, the author of "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind," issued an on - the - spot warning: AI is no longer just a tool; it is "a knife that decides to kill on its own" - it is taking over law, religion, and language, and humanity only has ten years to make a decision.

From January 20th to 23rd, 2026, the Davos Forum was held.

Elon Musk, the world's richest man, made his debut at the Davos Forum. As soon as he opened his mouth, he dropped a bombshell:

AI will be smarter than anyone this year. By 2035, it will be smarter than the combined intelligence of 8 billion people!

Meanwhile, Yuval Noah Harari, the author of "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind," issued a warning on the spot:

AI has picked up the "hammer," and we only have ten years to make a decision.

Two heavyweight figures: Elon Musk, the world's richest man, vs. Yuval Noah Harari, the author of "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind."

Today, the air in Davos is filled with both "hope" and "fear."

Just this week, two voices representing the "builder" and the "warning - giver" clashed fiercely in this Swiss town surrounded by snow - capped mountains.

One is painting the blueprint of the AGI empire, while the other is sounding the alarm for humanity's fate.

This long - distance dialogue may be the most important confrontation in human history.

Elon Musk's AGI Timeline

It will surpass (an individual) human this year!

This is Elon Musk's prediction for AI. By the end of 2026, AI will surpass any individual human on Earth.

On January 23rd, Elon Musk had a dialogue on stage with Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock. This was also his debut at the Davos Forum as the world's richest man.

The first topic he talked about at the beginning was actually: aliens.

"We have 9,000 satellites in orbit, and we've never had to avoid an alien spaceship."

Elon Musk paused for a moment.

Then, he said something that silenced the entire venue:

"We need to assume that life and consciousness are extremely rare. Maybe we humans are the only ones."

Note that this is not a joke.

This is the core logic of Elon Musk's operation of a $2.2 trillion technology empire!

If humans are truly the only intelligent life in the universe - this terrifying assumption known as the "Fermi Paradox" - then preserving the spark of human consciousness becomes the prerequisite for everything.

This is why he wants to send humans to Mars.

This is why he wants to create AI that can surpass humans.

This is why he wants robots to "flood" the Earth.

In Elon Musk's worldview, there are only two paths: either infinite prosperity or complete extinction.

There is no middle ground.

At the same time, Elon Musk also revealed Tesla's new mission: to achieve sustainable human abundance.

In 2035, all of humanity will be collectively surpassed

Regarding when AGI will arrive, Elon Musk gave a schedule that is precise and disturbing -

"The pace of AI progress is such that I think this year, or at the latest next year, there will be AI that is smarter than any individual human.

By 2035, it will be smarter than the combined intelligence of all of humanity."

2035.

It's only 9 years from now!

What does 9 years mean?

Imagine this scenario: a super - intelligence that is not only smarter than Einstein, not only smarter than the entire Google team, but more powerful than the combined intelligence of 8 billion people on this planet!

Of course, not everyone agrees with this.

Jensen Huang, the CEO of NVIDIA, holds a conservative attitude towards "General AI," believing that true AGI may still require a time scale of "Biblical or galactic" proportions.

But Elon Musk clearly doesn't think so.

Optimus will go on sale in 2027

The number of robots will exceed that of humans!

If AGI is Elon Musk's "ideological weapon," then the Optimus humanoid robot is his "physical weapon."

"Later in 2027, Optimus will start to be sold."

Elon Musk predicts that in the future, the number of robots will exceed that of humans.

They will "meet all human needs" to the extent that you "can't think of anything else for robots to do for you."

What kind of world is this?

Billions of AI - driven robots will take care of the elderly, raise children, and do all the work that humans don't want to do.

Work becomes an option. Money loses its meaning. The global economy will experience "unprecedented explosive growth."

It sounds like a utopia.

However, critics raise questions:

What will those humans who "no longer need" to work do? Who will decide the distribution of resources? Who will pay for the universal basic income?

Elon Musk didn't answer these questions.

He only said one thing: "Would rather be optimistically wrong than pessimistically correct."

Would rather be optimistically wrong than pessimistically correct

Yuval's Frightening Warning

"AI has picked up the hammer!"

Three days before Elon Musk's speech, another speech was causing a stir in Davos.

The speaker was Yuval Noah Harari -

The Israeli historian who wrote "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" and "Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow."

The public intellectual who is regarded as a thought - leader by politicians and entrepreneurs around the world.

The title of his speech was simple: "An Honest Conversation about AI and Humanity."

But the content was far from simple.

"All past technologies - the hammer, the printing press, and even the atomic bomb - were just tools.

Without human operation, they couldn't do anything."

Harari's voice was deep and powerful.

"But AI is different.

AI is the first 'intelligent agent' in history that can make autonomous decisions and create on its own.

It is no longer a hammer in human hands - it has picked up the hammer and started to transform the world."

This metaphor precisely hits the core of the problem.

We are used to regarding AI as a tool: a faster computer, a smarter assistant, a more efficient search engine.

But AI in 2026 is no longer like that.

It can write code, compose music, debate, and lie.

It can learn things you've never taught it and make decisions you can't predict.

The Fall of Language

Law, religion, and history are being lost!

Harari pointed out a fatal weakness that most people overlook - language.

"Why can humans rule the Earth?

It's not because we are the strongest, but because we discovered how to use language to make hundreds of millions of strangers cooperate."

Language is humanity's superpower.

But this superpower is being taken over by AI!

"Law is composed of language - so AI will take over the legal system."

"Books are composed of language - so AI will take over books."

"Religion is composed of language - so AI will take over religion."

This is not alarmist.

Think about it: today's AI can recite the entire Bible, Quran, and Buddhist scriptures and quote any chapter from any religious literature.

When believers start asking AI about religious questions, who will be the most authoritative interpreter of the scriptures?