As performance improves for automated vehicles, there is that question of when and how, as well as if, most vehicles on the road will be self-driving.
When Will Most Cars Be Self Driving?
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Grey Goo
Grey Goo is a hypothetical substance composed of trillions of tiny self-replicating machines that half run amok and out of control, potentially obliterating entire planets.
Spaceship Factories
Learn more about the game and see it in action at upperstory.com/spintronics Use the coupon code ISAACARTHUR for 10% off your total purchase Spacecraft may one day be so common that everyone has flown on one, with thousands of new spaceships being built every year in...
China Brain Hive Minds
The China Brain thought problem suggests that if it is possible for a big enough computer to run an uploaded copy of a human mind, then a sufficiently large number of humans run calculations by hand could too. But if they did, would this represent a Hive Mind?...
Cyborg Armies
Go to https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ to get a 30-day free trial + the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual subscription. In the future we may deploy armies of cybernetic superhumans to fight our battles, people so augmented they could tear through walls...
Robots & Warfare
Use code isaacarthur at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/isaacarthur Robots play an ever greater role in every aspect of our lives, including the battlefield, but what will their role be in the wars of the future?...
Computronium
Computronium is any type of matter which supports computation or thought, and which a civilization might seek to turn all matter into. Matrioshka Brains: https://youtu.be/Ef-mxjYkllw Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound...
Hegemonizing Swarms
A Hegemonizing Swarm is a hypothetical living weapon, or self-replicating machine, which seeks to turn every last available bit of matter into more of itself or a desired construct. Paperclip Maximizer: https://youtu.be/3mk7NVFz_88 Produced, Written & Narrated by:...
Earth After Humanity
Connect the Dots with Ariadne: https://www.ariadne.inc We often think that one day the world will come to an end and humanity with it, and possibly with us causing it, but what would our world be like if life persisted after humanity was gone? Visit our Website:...
Life in 2323 A.D.
The first 1,000 people to use the link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare https://skl.sh/isaacarthur06237 What will life be like 300 years in our future, or for those living 300 million miles away? Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join Nebula:...
Smart Cities
To get started planning a career that works on one of the world’s most pressing problems, sign up now at https://80000hours.org/isaacarthur Cities in the future will need to be increasingly clever in how they operate, by utilizing more data collection, automation, and...
Surviving An Apocalypse
Go to https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ to get a 30-day free trial + the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual subscription. If the end of the world is nigh, it may be too late to avert a catastrophe. So what can we do to mitigate the damage or recover after...