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Future Focus: Musk's Work-Free World, LeCun's AI Pivot, & Letterboxd's Rental Store

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Justin Nam
November 20, 2025

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Elon Musk Predicts Work Will Be 'Optional' Within Two Decades

(Photo: Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk arrives for the Inauguration of Donald J. Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States.)

Elon Musk envisions a future where AI and robotics advancements render human labor voluntary, comparing future jobs to hobbies like gardening, though he emphasizes that reaching this post-work society depends on rapid technological progress.

AI Pioneer Yann LeCun Leaves Meta to Launch New Startup

(Photo: STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Leaving his role at Meta, Yann LeCun is founding a new venture dedicated to 'World Models'—AI systems designed to reason, plan, and understand the physical world—marking a strategic departure from the current industry focus on Large Language Models (LLMs).

Find your customers on Roku this Black Friday

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Once you’ve done this, then you can easily set up A/B tests to flight different creative variants and Black Friday offers. If you’re a Shopify brand, you can even run shoppable ads directly on-screen so viewers can purchase with just a click of their Roku remote.

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Letterboxd Launches 'Video Store' for Direct Digital Rentals

(Photo: Letterboxd)

The popular film social network Letterboxd is expanding into distribution with a new digital rental storefront debuting in December, allowing users to instantly stream festival standouts and top-rated movies directly from their watchlists.

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Until next time,

AI EXPLAINED team