（Fortune 2025-11-20）The Tesla CEO said at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday that in the next 10 to 20 years, work will be optional, likening the decision to have a job to the more laborious upkeep of a vegetable garden.
特斯拉 CEO 周三在华盛顿哥伦比亚特区举行的 美沙投资论坛 上表示，未来10到20年内，工作将成为可选项，并将选择就业比作打理菜园这类更费力的日常事务。
“My prediction is that work will be optional. It’ll be like playing sports or a video game or something like that,” Musk said. “If you want to work, [it’s] the same way you can go to the store and just buy some vegetables, or you can grow vegetables in your backyard. It’s much harder to grow vegetables in your backyard, and some people still do it because they like growing vegetables.”
“我的预测是，工作将成为可选项。它会像参加体育运动或玩电子游戏那样，” 马斯克说道。”如果你想工作，[方式] 就像你可以去商店买些蔬菜，或者自己在后院种菜一样。在后院种菜要困难得多，但有些人仍然这么做，因为他们喜欢种菜。”
The future of optional work will be the result of millions of robots in the workforce able to usher in a wave of enhanced productivity, according to Musk. The tech mogul, worth about $470 billion, has made the recent push to expand Tesla beyond just electric vehicles, working on consolidating his sprawling business interests into his broader vision of an AI-fueled, robotic-powered future. That includes his goal of having 80% of Tesla’s value come from his Optimus robots, despite continuous production delays for the humanoid bots.
马斯克表示，未来选择性工作的前景将由数百万台投入职场的机器人带来，它们能够引领一波生产力提升的浪潮。这位身价约 4700 亿美元 的科技巨头近期正努力将特斯拉的业务拓展至电动汽车之外，致力于 整合其庞杂的商业利益 ，以实现他更宏大的愿景 —— 一个由人工智能驱动、机器人赋能的未来。其中包括让 特斯拉 80% 的价值 来自其 Optimus 机器人，尽管这款人形机器人的 生产一再延期 。
To many others, the notion of an automated future is less bright, particularly amid concerns about and early evidence of AI displacing entry-level jobs, which may be contributing to Gen Z’s job market woes and flatlining income growth—more of a nightmare than a utopian dream.
对许多人而言，自动化的未来前景并不那么光明，尤其是在人们对 人工智能取代初级岗位的早期迹象 感到忧虑之际，这可能加剧了 Z 世代在就业市场的困境 和 收入增长的停滞 —— 与其说是乌托邦式的梦想，不如说更像一场噩梦。
But in Musk’s automated, job-voluntary future, money won’t be an issue, he said. Musk takes a page from Iain M. Banks’ Culture series of science fiction novels, in which the self-proclaimed socialist author conjures a post-scarcity world filled with superintelligent AI beings and no traditional jobs.
但在马斯克设想的自动化、工作自愿的未来中，金钱将不再是问题。马斯克借鉴了伊恩・M・班克斯的《文明》科幻小说系列，这位 自称社会主义者的作家 在书中描绘了一个后稀缺世界，那里充满了超级智能 AI 生物，没有传统意义上的工作。
“In those books, money doesn’t exist. It’s kind of interesting,” Musk said. “And my guess is, if you go out long enough—assuming there’s a continued improvement in AI and robotics, which seems likely—money will stop being relevant.”
“在那些书里，金钱并不存在。这挺有意思的，” 马斯克说道。“我推测，如果时间跨度足够长 —— 假设人工智能和机器人技术持续进步，这看起来很有可能 —— 金钱将变得无关紧要。”
At Viva Technology 2024, Musk suggested “universal high income” would sustain a world without necessary work, though he did not offer details on how this system would function. His reasoning rhymes with that of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who has advocated for universal basic income, or regular payments given unconditionally to individuals, usually by the government.
在 2024 年 Viva 科技大会 上，马斯克提出 “全民高等收入” 将支撑一个无需必要劳动的世界，但未详细说明该体系如何运作。其理念与 OpenAI 首席执行官萨姆・奥尔特曼不谋而合，后者一直倡导 全民基本收入 —— 通常由政府无条件定期向个人发放的款项。
“There would be no shortage of goods or services,” Musk said at last year’s conference.
“商品和服务将不会短缺，” 马斯克在去年的会议上表示。
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