I don't want flying cars because I don't want 95% of the people around me to be driving regular cars. Can't even use a turn signal and now they have carte blanche to drive over houses and shit?

The answer is mass transit. Mag-rail, not personal aviation.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 34 points 10 months ago

Yeah, motherfuckers can't even drive in two dimensions. Adding a third would be a clusterfuck of galactic proportions.

[–] TurboDiesel@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm waiting for the post-scarcity stuff 😭

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

The post-scarcity utopia only happens after the Eugenics Wars and that whole Khan thing, mind you...

[–] fubbernuckin@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Unfortunately the limiting factor on flying cars is the drivers. And the limiting factor on warp drive is the science not turning out to be a scam.

I could see AI at least solving the former.

[–] Azzu@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

I mean flying cars are basically just helicopters.

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

And warp drive!

I'd take a jump drive, if warp isn't available.

[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I think VR + generative AI is a clear pathway to Star Trek's holodecks. Imagine being able to just say "I want to play a game I've never played before, in an Amazonian rainforest", and then the AI renders the game and environment for you in VR. We're genuinely very close to that reality.