Bezos predicts that millions will live in space kind of soon

At Italian Tech Week in Turin, Jeff Bezos predicted that millions of people will be living in space within the next couple of decades. He emphasized that this migration will be driven primarily by choice, with robots managing labor-intensive tasks and AI-powered data centers operating in orbit. Bezos’s vision contrasts with, yet parallels, Elon Musk’s long-standing goal of colonizing Mars, where Musk envisions a million inhabitants by 2050. Both billionaires appear optimistic about rapid space habitation, though their timelines and approaches differ. Bezos also expressed strong support for the current surge in AI investments, describing it as a beneficial “industrial” bubble rather than a speculative financial one. He conveyed an overall optimistic outlook on the future, suggesting that this period is an unprecedented opportunity for technological advancement and innovation. His remarks reflect a confident stance on both space exploration and AI development as transformative forces shaping humanity’s near future.