Elon Musk predicted that phones will soon be replaced by lightweight edge nodes optimised for AI inference in five to six years. “Essentially there will be AI on the server side communicating with an AI on your device, formerly known as a phone, generating real-time video for anything that you could possibly want,” Musk said in an interview on Joe Rogan’s podcast. He predicted there will be no more operating systems or apps, and that the device “formerly known as a phone” would feature minimal h