Elon Musk says 'AI and robots' are the only way to solve America's debt burden
THE SO WHAT
Framing AI and robots as the answer to sovereign debt is less an economic model than a signal of how much growth is being pre-booked into automation narratives. Operators should separate the macro hype from micro reality — focus on where automation actually expands output in your P&L over the next 3–5 years, not 30.
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