[Musk: The Only Solution to the U.S. Debt Crisis is AI and Robots] BlockBeats News, October 17 — Musk stated that the government efficiency department (DOGE) reform experiment he once led ultimately ended without success, proving that 'it is fundamentally impossible to solve the fiscal deficit issue from within the government.' Musk said, 'The only way to address the U.S. national debt problem is to rely on artificial intelligence and robots.' He added, 'We cannot solve this issue by tightening our belts.' Musk's remarks essentially acknowledged that the DOGE reform failed to achieve its intended results, but he also pointed out that a future administration might attempt to tackle this issue again with increasingly capable AI. Musk noted that neither the President, the House of Representatives, the Senate, nor the judiciary has any willingness to cut spending. Musk admitted that he 'did go a bit overboard to some extent' and ultimately stayed away from his companies for too long. He said, 'I should have stayed more behind the scenes... and this matter probably only needed to last one or two months, rather than, as it turned out, formally serving in the White House for as long as four months. I should have returned earlier and refocused my energy on artificial intelligence.' (AXIOS) [Original Link]