Elon Musk does not need an introduction. This South African-born entrepreneur is the Founder of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, and is one of the most popular entrepreneurs in the world.

Musk recently visited Dubai to launch Tesla in the UAE at the World Government Summit. In an interview, he talked about robotics, autonomous vehicles, AI, etc.

Below are the four most notable predictions made by him at the event.

1- Autonomous cars 

Musk’s Tesla Motors is already in the mid of launching it autonomous vehicle. Google has already piloted the project and is expected to roll it out in the near future. We know that noted startup leaders like Mahesh Murthy and Vijay Sekhar Sharma from India have already pre-booked Tesla cars, which are priced at around INR 35 lakh.  It is expected to hit the Indian streets in a few months. Singapore has already witnessed the roll-out of nuTonomy, a driverless car.

Musk is of an opinion that in probably 10 years, cars that are not fully autonomous will be unusual.

2 – Universal basic income

Musk said that with the robots expected to become norm in a a few years down the line, it will lead to massive job losses. As a result of autonomy across industries, the output of output of goods and services will be extremely high, and everything will get very cheap. So a universal basic income is necessary to solve the problem of job losses.

3- Humans beings and digital intelligence

Humans beings can communicate by typing with their fingers at about 10 bits per second, while computers can communicate at “a trillion bits per second,” Musk said. The human brain will need to combine with technology to keep up.

4- Underground cities.

The solution for overcrowding in cities is a network of tunnels under cities. But there is a challenge as to how will you build tunnels quickly, at low-cost, with high safety? So if tunneling technology could be improved so you could build tunnels fast, cheap, and safe, then that could completely get rid of any traffic situations in cities.”

Musk also repeated opinions he’s given in the past about the dangers of artificial intelligence and the likelihood our world is a simulation.

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Kochi-based Startup Village has been at the forefront of startup revolution in Kerala since it launch in 2012. The government-backed accelerator gave birth to a number of startling ventures, some of whom went on to raise big round of funding, while some got acquired by multi-nationals.

ZPay was one of the startups incubated at the Village. ZPay, founded by a group of students of Kerala University, is a unified system for merchants to accept any form of paperless money. It can accept payements via cards and NFC, empowering merchants to adopt this payment mechanism with minimal overhead and maximum savings than other solutions in the market.

In this video, ZPay co-founder Varghese George shares his experience as an entrepreneur and the kind of support he got from the Village. He also speaks about the dxi ways to success in the video.

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Jibin Jose is a student entrepreneur from Kerala, South India. He founded his first startup – Flip Technologies — while in the final year of his Engineering Degree course at Toc H Institute of Science & Technology in Cochin in Kerala.

Flip is focused on developing connected activity and motion tracking devices for action sports and starting with skateboards. Its product RideBlock is designed for skateboarders to enhance their ability to perform and analyse tricks whether he is an amateur or professional. The device is connected to the truck of the skateboard and tracks the dynamics of the board and the data is send to a smartphone app via Bluetooth LE. The app can determine the trick performed and help the skateboarders to improve their skills and as well as show off their skills and abilities in the social media. 

Jose is talking about his entrepreneurial journey, and how a visit to Silicon Valley changed his life.

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