Well, it was only a matter of time really until this happened.
SpaceX owner and founder, Elon Musk, has declared he’s not human – but in fact, he’s an alien.
Nope, really.
Musk took to the stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos to discuss tariffs, the future of autonomous driving and the threat of robots or AI surpassing humans.
However, in the process, he managed to make an awkward joke about Greenland in what appeared to be a dig at US President Donald Trump’s controversial Board of Peace.
And declared that he is, in fact, an alien.
The Tesla CEO shared the stage with Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, an American investment company, and briefly covered the topic of extraterrestrial life.
During his speech, Musk said to the crowd: ‘I’m often asked: Are there aliens among us? And I’ll say that I am one.’
Fink asked: ‘You’re from the future?
‘They don’t believe me,’ Musk replied.
‘I think if anyone would know if there were aliens among us, it would be me.’
Musk added that if alien life did exist, he is sure his more than 9,000 Starlink satellites he launched into space under his company, SpaceX, would be capable of detecting UFOs and other alien activity.
He said: ‘We have 9,000 satellites up there, and not once have we had to manoeuvre around an alien spaceship.’
‘Bottom line is we need to assume that life and consciousness are extremely rare, and it might only be us.
‘If that’s the case, we need to do everything possible to ensure that the light of consciousness is not extinguished.’
Not everyone has welcomed Musk’s appearance at the World Economic Forum.
British political campaign group named Everyone Hates Elon voiced its opposition to Musk, calling for the world’s wealthiest people to pay tax.
The group unfurled a 400 square metre banner on a field directly below the flightpath taken by helicopters on their way to Davos.
Featuring pictures of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, the banner read: ‘Hey Davos billionaires: shut up and pay your tax.’
Yet, it seems that Musk was not the only one turning heads at this year’s summit.
The meeting was overshadowed this week by Trump’s threats to seize Greenland, followed by a dramatic retreat from that push.
He later announced his ‘board of peace’, which was initially envisioned as a small group of world leaders overseeing the Gaza ceasefire, but has morphed into something far more ambitious.
Scepticism about its membership and mandate has led some traditional US allies not to commit – including the UK.
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