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People can't even handle a zip merge, da fuck we need flying cars for, lmao, another technobro invention that only thinks about the individual and not the wider effect on society
The sky is huge. In theory you should be able to avoid most crashes just by separation rules which can be automated. I didn’t make this up, it’s literally a thing that exists called Big Sky Theory.
The cars are autonomous, we need them because people can’t even manage a zip merge.
So the flying vehicles that apparently crashed into each other of their own accord are safer than cars? Really?
I’m not sure if you’re aware, but regular cars crash into each other as well.
Under the guidance of an "Ai" in a three-dimensional environment yeah I don't think so. I can always get out of my 2D car, I'm not sure about you.
Know what can be automated a lot easier than cars or planes, and can carry orders of magnitude more people with much less fuel usage? Fucking trains.
Yeah, a quadcopter train sounds like the obvious next step.
It would have to be at least a octoper