This is a Star Trek version of the future, he explained. Musk's views exemplify the tech industry fantasy of a push-button, voice-activated future world of abundance portrayed in the many Star Trek television series and movies. But Star Trek denizens do travel quite a bit in order "to seek out new life and new civilizations. (This was later updated in the Star Trek: The Next Generation series to say "where no one has gone before.") He asks AI boosters to explain what current AI models are capable of doing without using the word "will."