Musk Called Drones, AI the Future of War in West Point Interview

Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, said that the future of warfare is AI and drones in a newly released video of his conversation last summer at the US Military Academy in West Point, New York.

“The current war in Ukraine is very much a drone war already,” said Musk, 53, who also heads up Tesla Inc. and the X social network. “If there’s a major power war, it’s very much going to be a drone war.”

The billionaire, who now plays a significant role in the US government via his close relationship with President Donald Trump, ...