The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, visited Tesla headquarters to meet Elon Musk and discuss the role of next-generation technologies, such as artificial intelligence, in shaping the future of humanity, among other topics.
On Sept. 21, Bukele shared a video on X, revealing his interaction with Musk at Tesla Headquarters Gigafactory in the United States. In the short video, Musk welcomed El Salvador’s leader and showed him around the office.
Source: Nayib Bukele
Musk followed up on the revelation by praising Bukele as “an amazing leader.” He said:
“Just had an excellent conversation with President Nayib Bukele. We talked a lot about the nature of reality, future of humanity and how technology like AI and robotics will affect the world.”
Bukele is currently in the US to attend the 79th United Nations General Assembly in New York during the last week of September.
Musk received home-grown coffee from Bukele as a gift and offered a can of Coca-Cola in return.
El Salvador keen on AI adoption
Following the mainstream adoption of Bitcoin (BTC) to counter rising inflation and reduce dependence on the US dollar, El Salvador is betting on AI and other tech for revenue generation.
ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood recently predicted that El Salvador’s gross domestic product (GDP) could increase tenfold by 2029.
Wood met with Bukele in May to discuss investment opportunities in El Salvador related to Bitcoin, AI and other tech innovations and tax policies.
Source: The Bitcoin Office
Following the meeting with the president, she said:
“President Bukele’s determination to turn El Salvador into an oasis for the Bitcoin and AI communities — two of the biggest economic and technology revolutions in history — is the reason I believe that its real GDP could scale 10-fold during the next five years.”
In over three years since adopting Bitcoin as legal tender, El Salvador has made over $31 million in profit. Bukele’s main objective behind Bitcoin adoption was to promote financial inclusion, facilitate more efficient remittance payments and attract financial innovation.
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