Grok, is this real?
So apparently Elon Musk has prototyped technology that allows what he's done with rocket re-entry to be applied to lifting cars off the ground. Pretty impressive to be honest, not that I'm a big fan of Elon or anything. These extreme gusts of air can be used to propel the car forward, stick the car to the ground, or even boost it into the air. It can also be used to allow the car to turn sharply at insanely high speeds, making it appear to "defy physics". Considering the rocket booster version can go from 0 to 60 in one second is wild in itself, but all this other stuff is just way over the top.
A solution in search of a problem?
It's crazy what bored billionaires are coming up with these days in world full of serious problems. People from 500 years ago would be laughing at us I think. We can go into space and float a car, but we're still having trouble doing basic things like grow enough food for everyone. People need so many other things before they need a flying car, and yet here we are. Never underestimate a man with his toys.
And none of this is to say that Elon Musk should be doing anything different or that he's hasn't contributed enough for humanity. It's just more of an observation and a vibe of, "Wow, that's crazy, innit?" If we're being honest crypto has supposed to fix the whole wealth distribution problem, and yet we seem to have made zero ground in that arena (just made a few people ultra-wealthy as per usual). Perhaps crypto itself needs its own version of Elon Musk... hopefully less of a maniacal work-a-holic and more of a champion of the people (assuming that this type of person is even allowed to exist this day in age).
Weird situations like this also call into question our utter reliance and dependence on AI. A car like this could never be piloted by a human. You'd have to be a cyborg at best to interface with such a mathematically complex beast. Is this just another example of how our liberties will be slowly eroded and chipped away by technology and outsourced to algorithms? Wouldn't be a bad thing if no one controlled the algorithm, but as we stand now it is quite controlled, owned, and locked down, as it were.
Conclusion
Just wanted to ramble a little about such a wild turn of events.
To think that the "flying car" milestone may go down in history as starting in 2026.
Wild times.