Indeed, Musk suggested that synthetic data — data generated by AI models themselves — is the path forward. “The only way to supplement [real-world data] is with synthetic data, where the AI creates [training data],” he said. “With synthetic data … [AI] will sort of grade itself and go through this process of self-learning.”

For over three years now, generative AI has made its debut in the world, and before its arrival, it has been training on human-made data to share its knowledge with all, which Elon Musk claimed to be running out.

Tech tycoon Elon Musk says artificial intelligence will now have to write an essay or a thesis then grade itself, because the 'cumulative sum of human knowledge has been exhausted'