Khaberni - During his participation in the Italian Technology Week 2025, Amazon and Blue Origin founder, Jeff Bezos, painted an extremely optimistic picture of humanity's future, stating that "millions of humans will live in space within the next two decades", and that robots will soon be commuting and working on the moon instead of humans.
Bezos said, "I don’t see how anyone can be frustrated now, as technology gives us massive reasons to be optimistic."
He explained that robots will make the mundane commute to workplaces a thing of the past, adding that interplanetary travel will become part of daily life by 2045.
He clarified that humans will choose to live in space "because they want to, not because they are forced to", noting that difficult tasks on the moon or in outer space will be executed by robots, making them more efficient and less costly than sending humans, according to "Fortune".
Bezos rejected the pessimistic view of artificial intelligence, affirming that "civilizational abundance comes from our inventions".
He added: "Thousands of years ago, when man invented the plow, civilization thrived. And this is the nature of human evolution — every new tool makes us richer and opens broader horizons."
The founder of Amazon touched on another exciting idea, which is establishing data centers in space orbit over the next two decades, explaining that the space environment provides constant solar energy without clouds or rain or weather factors, making the operation of these centers more efficient and less costly than their counterparts on Earth.
Shared Hopes of Technology Leaders
Bezos shares this optimism with Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, and Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX.
Altman believes that "university graduates in just ten years will work in completely new, exciting, and high-paying jobs in space", adding that he "envies the new generation because the jobs of the future will make the jobs of his generation seem boring and outdated".
Meanwhile, Musk, whose company SpaceX collaborates with NASA to explore space, believes that humans will reach Mars by 2028, with unmanned rocket launches occurring next year.
On his part, Microsoft's founder Bill Gates calls for efforts to be directed towards improving planet Earth rather than colonizing space. He sarcastically said in one of his interviews: "Space? We have so much to do here on Earth."
Despite his caution about the excessive rush in developing artificial intelligence, Gates cannot deny its positive potentials, expecting that automation will reduce the workweek to just two days, giving people more time for life and enjoyment: "The purpose of life is not just to work."
While the views among technology leaders vary, the future remains open to astonishing possibilities, from inhabited space cities to a more comfortable earthly world thanks to artificial intelligence.
