Musk tells Isaacson only AI and robots can fix US debt

Elon Musk said on Walter Isaacson's new podcast The Builders that the US deficit cannot be fixed from inside government and only AI and robots can solve it. He admitted he spent too long at DOGE — four months instead of one or two — and should have returned to his companies and AI sooner.

• Musk: 'The only way we're going to solve the national debt is with AI and robots'
• He said he stayed at DOGE four months instead of one or two
• Musk said he should have gone back to focusing on AI sooner
• The Builders podcast premieres Tuesday with guests including Peter Thiel and Dario Amodei