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Elon Musk’s ‘crazy’ prediction in footage from 26 years ago is coming true and leaving people mind-blown

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Published 16:27 10 Dec 2024 GMT

Elon Musk’s ‘crazy’ prediction in footage from 26 years ago is coming true and leaving people mind-blown

Elon Musk made a prediction about the 'future of the internet' during an interview with CBS Sunday Morning in 1998

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

Elon Musk made a prediction about the future of the internet back in 1998, which some thought was 'crazy' but was really 'super obvious'.

Given his status as the founder of companies such as Space X, Neuralink and OpenAI, it's fair to say Elon Musk knows a thing or to when it comes to technology. However, when he was asked about the 'future of the internet' over 26 years ago, the 53-year-old reveals people thought his prediction was 'crazy'.

For those of us who weren't born until a good few years later, the official birthday of the internet is considered January 1, 1983, with the world wide web only created in 1989 and the internet reaching the public by 1991. So, it hadn't been around too long by the time Musk made this prediction.

Elon Musk's 'crazy' 1998 prediction

In a clip from an interview between CBS Sunday Morning and Musk, the business magnate can be heard being asked: "What do you see as the future of the internet?"

"I think the internet is the superset of all media. It is the be all and end all of media. One will see print, broadcast, arguably radio, essentially all media folding into the internet.

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"And what the internet amounts to is it's the first of two-way communication medium that is intelligent. It allows consumers to choose what they want to see, when they want to see it and whether that be radio or that be print or that be TV or broadcast. I think it's going to revolutionise all traditional media."

Well, 26 years later and he's not exactly wrong is he - Musk himself resharing the video on December 10 alongside the caption: "The crazy thing is that they thought I was crazy for stating this super obvious prediction."

And it not taking long for social media users to flood to the post to weigh in.

Musk claims people thought he was 'crazy' for making the prediction (YouTube/ CBS Sunday Morning/ Twiwtter/ @elonmusk)
Musk claims people thought he was 'crazy' for making the prediction (YouTube/ CBS Sunday Morning/ Twiwtter/ @elonmusk)

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One Twitter user wrote: "Just admit it. No need to hide it anymore. You’re from the future, right?"

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"Prescient, seems obvious now but it wasn't in 1998," a second added.

A YouTube user wrote: "the fact his prediction was almost exactly spot on is crazy."

Although, another commented: "A lucky guess."

"Damn. Mic drop, honestly," a fifth wrote.

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And a sixth resolved: "What I wanna know is where are our flying cars?"

Featured Image Credit: CBS Sunday Morning/YouTube/Marc Piasecki

Topics: Celebrity, Elon Musk, Social Media, Twitter, US News, Technology, Business

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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