The billionaire was asked if China would "become dominant" in artificial intelligence, electric vehicle production, and humanoid robots if Washington does not perform a miracle in the next few years. "Without innovative breakthroughs in the US, China will have complete dominance," Musk replied.

"We cannot win based on human resources alone; China's population is four times larger than ours," the entrepreneur noted, expressing regret that the US has had a "low birth rate for a long time." "But it’s not just that the population is four times larger, (in China), people have a higher workload. The productivity level per person in China is high," Musk added.

He also drew attention to Beijing's leading position in the extraction of rare earth metals, reported by report.az.