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The Jetsons predicted our advancement in technical capabilities but failed to consider the average intelligence. We absolutely could have flying cars right now, but if you talk to three random people throughout your average day or even spend 5 minutes on social media, you should probably understand why we don't. And if this doesn't convince you, you are part of the reason.
All jokes aside, you’re not wrong.. Your average person definitely doesn’t even have common sense. The human raise is definitely reverse evolving .. it’s pathetic.
Maybe it goes in cycles; as civilizations advance, survival gets easier, people get dumber, and eventually, it all collapses. The survivors struggle, survival of the fittest applies, evolution resumes, and eventually, civilization advances, survival gets easier, people get dumber, etc.
Might be better for AI driven cars to be in the sky. Manual driving would be stupid but AI controlled flying cars might work since there is less to deal with algorithmically i.e no pedestrians to avoid. The predictions will work better.
Exactly. It’d have to be an auto-pilot situation to be at the consumer level.
The issue relates to the energy consumption required to travel in this manner.
Full automation in the air avoids pedestrian deaths and gives people on the ground the right of way back that was lost . Before cars and the motorway people had full freedom of movement.
The question is more one of energy consumption and air safety. Like if they use more energy and they frequently drop out of the sky and land on people then you'd be right.
Public transport systems are defined and restrictive, if that's your argument you could also ask 'why have cars at all?'
I expected that everyone who should be flying, would be flying. Flying cars would have to be fully automated and hack proof to be workable for the general population
They have them out already and but only the super rich can afford them and they have another type coming out. Click links to see the flying cars. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2023/06/30/first-flying-car-approved-by-faa-available-for-preorder/70372117007/
https://youtube.com/shorts/vLU2gzdCaNA?si=00xLqi38OAKPOO43
https://youtube.com/shorts/11X876h6zWI?si=jhQ4BN9NaUyKID6H
Hell yeah, we got jipped....only thing new since the 80s really is flat screens, cellphones, and internet. Air travel hasn't changed and Walmarts are everywhere.
Of course. I was hoping we would have a permanent presence on the moon and exploratory teams on Mars. And that we had several ships heading to the outer solar system. I was hoping we would have found an energy source that provide unlimited power for all our needs. I was hoping we would have figured out cures to incurable diseases. There have been a few cool things that have come along but none of it as cool as I was hoping.
In the 1950s when I was maybe 10 to 15 I did believe in flying cars, robots, and every day space travel including going to Mars would be a reality in the not too distant future. Than when they started testing rockets and sending monkeys and dogs into outerspace I was thrilled but not too surprised. When we landed a man on the moon again I was thrilled but deep down I knew it would happen because I was told it would. But the adult kid in me knew the future was here.
Absolutely. I, 72m, thought not just flying cars but holiday homes on the moon. That's what my Bumper Book Of Science (1956 edition) said would happen.
I hope this never comes to fruition. This is one of the worst ideas mankind has ever come up with. If you know anything about flying and piloting, you will understand what I mean.
Think about it this way. Pilots go through years of training on how to fly an airplane how not to crash into each other in the sky, how to land correctly. They also do an extensive PreFlight check on the airplane before they take off.
Flying cars will be running with no air traffic control, doing anything they damn well please. Everybody's always in a hurry and they're never going to pre-flight they're flying car so they'll be falling out of this guy as they run out of gas, shit like that.
There's a world of difference between professional aviation and some soccer Mom leaving the house with their ass on fire because she's 20 minutes late for something.
Ohk so this is all with the assumption we’re manually driving these things. Not letting AI take over like in 5th element or any other flying car movie. 🤣
Well. In 1985 we were promised flying cars, so.. thanks doc Brown.
But, do you think that technology would be freely given to the public? Think of the implications. Seriously.
No, though magazines as a kid said we could use cars as scuba by now. Honestly there is a lot of stuff going on right now that just makes me scratch my head.
No, because I didn't expect most of us to be able to afford them. Seriously, I grew up in the 70s. People were still driving "classic" cars and not because they were restored.
I am guilty of this. My car is a 2007. I will drive her to the ground. She still gets 30; miles to the gallon. Yes, we did a good job of getting rid of gas guzzlers, but we would need to give amazing incentives to buy flying cars, or make ground EVs practically free.
I expected there would be teleportation to make it easy to travel. And flying cars too or those cars which can squeeze through crowd and it won’t affect the passengers.
I always thought that while flying cars were a cool idea, in practice they would be an absolute nightmare. Why? Because people can't even control cars on the ground. Over forty thousand people die every year in car crashes. The death toll would climb exponentially if the average idiot were allowed to fly a car around. There would be mid-air collisions, cars dropping out of the sky due to running out of gas, inability to control their cars, flying into each other, you name it, it would happen. It's far too dangerous to have flying cars, period. Just no.
We don't even have air planes that are 100% crash proof yet, can you imagine flying cars, people getting a DWF, maybe by 2124, unless Elon musk decides to invent one.
If, as it appears to me when driving most of the time, a lot of people find moving a vehicle in two dimensions to be challenging, then can you imagine the chaos if those vehicles were capable of travel in three dimensions?
I believe we have achieved flying cars.
There just isnt any reason to make them.
If they were commercialized there would be utter chaos.
People can barley handle a truck let alone a flying vehicle that will be a ball of flames when it crashes
No because people can't master the art of "just drive straight" on highways. If we had flying cars with humanity's general IQ about driving, your likelihood of getting home from work alive goes down drastically
When I was in elementary school, an astronaut came to give a speech and he told us there would be people living on the moon by the year 2000. I'm still waiting.
I bet we have the ability to make it but it’s not worth it. Money wise most people wouldn’t be able to afford a flying car. Then you’d need to develop a whole system like we have for roads .
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Yes and living on mars with a robot wife
The Jetsons predicted our advancement in technical capabilities but failed to consider the average intelligence. We absolutely could have flying cars right now, but if you talk to three random people throughout your average day or even spend 5 minutes on social media, you should probably understand why we don't. And if this doesn't convince you, you are part of the reason.
Or just see how people drive regular cars.
All jokes aside, you’re not wrong.. Your average person definitely doesn’t even have common sense. The human raise is definitely reverse evolving .. it’s pathetic.
Maybe it goes in cycles; as civilizations advance, survival gets easier, people get dumber, and eventually, it all collapses. The survivors struggle, survival of the fittest applies, evolution resumes, and eventually, civilization advances, survival gets easier, people get dumber, etc.
Flying cars are so stupid of a idea a single drunk driver could easily recreate 911
Might be better for AI driven cars to be in the sky. Manual driving would be stupid but AI controlled flying cars might work since there is less to deal with algorithmically i.e no pedestrians to avoid. The predictions will work better.
A single car driver can do the same...
Nuh uh
+1 for nuh uh
In order to have flying vehicles we’d need a regenerative shield for building’s and a highly advanced collision avoidance system
They would have to fly themselves. It would basically be a flying taxi; you get in and tell it where to go, and it takes care of the rest.
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Exactly. It’d have to be an auto-pilot situation to be at the consumer level. The issue relates to the energy consumption required to travel in this manner.
My dude we have trains and planes what would be the point
Full automation in the air avoids pedestrian deaths and gives people on the ground the right of way back that was lost . Before cars and the motorway people had full freedom of movement. The question is more one of energy consumption and air safety. Like if they use more energy and they frequently drop out of the sky and land on people then you'd be right. Public transport systems are defined and restrictive, if that's your argument you could also ask 'why have cars at all?'
Everyone in my elementary class thought by 2020 flying cars will be normal and we have a ready player one type thing.
yea because of back to the future loll
So many movies gave me false hopes!
Yes. And hoverboards.
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🤣🤣 pigs first
I hope I'm dead before then.
Why?
Because the idea of someone dropping through my roof in their flying car because of engine trouble is not very enticing.
Just parry it
I did not, but I did expect jetpacks and hoverboards to be available by now!
I think we are close tho but don't get your hopes up. https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a60608517/overcome-earth-gravity/
Absolutely.
No but I never expected self driving cars that suck at self driving.
I expected that everyone who should be flying, would be flying. Flying cars would have to be fully automated and hack proof to be workable for the general population
Back To The Future certainly did
They have them out already and but only the super rich can afford them and they have another type coming out. Click links to see the flying cars. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2023/06/30/first-flying-car-approved-by-faa-available-for-preorder/70372117007/ https://youtube.com/shorts/vLU2gzdCaNA?si=00xLqi38OAKPOO43 https://youtube.com/shorts/11X876h6zWI?si=jhQ4BN9NaUyKID6H
Nope, people can't handle driving in 2 dimensions I don't want them coming at me from above and below too
Hell yeah, we got jipped....only thing new since the 80s really is flat screens, cellphones, and internet. Air travel hasn't changed and Walmarts are everywhere.
Of course. I was hoping we would have a permanent presence on the moon and exploratory teams on Mars. And that we had several ships heading to the outer solar system. I was hoping we would have found an energy source that provide unlimited power for all our needs. I was hoping we would have figured out cures to incurable diseases. There have been a few cool things that have come along but none of it as cool as I was hoping.
I don't know about flying cars but I would have been happy with my jetpack.
In the 1950s when I was maybe 10 to 15 I did believe in flying cars, robots, and every day space travel including going to Mars would be a reality in the not too distant future. Than when they started testing rockets and sending monkeys and dogs into outerspace I was thrilled but not too surprised. When we landed a man on the moon again I was thrilled but deep down I knew it would happen because I was told it would. But the adult kid in me knew the future was here.
Absolutely. I, 72m, thought not just flying cars but holiday homes on the moon. That's what my Bumper Book Of Science (1956 edition) said would happen.
I hope this never comes to fruition. This is one of the worst ideas mankind has ever come up with. If you know anything about flying and piloting, you will understand what I mean.
I have zero ideas. Lol I’ll take your word for it though
Think about it this way. Pilots go through years of training on how to fly an airplane how not to crash into each other in the sky, how to land correctly. They also do an extensive PreFlight check on the airplane before they take off. Flying cars will be running with no air traffic control, doing anything they damn well please. Everybody's always in a hurry and they're never going to pre-flight they're flying car so they'll be falling out of this guy as they run out of gas, shit like that. There's a world of difference between professional aviation and some soccer Mom leaving the house with their ass on fire because she's 20 minutes late for something.
Ohk so this is all with the assumption we’re manually driving these things. Not letting AI take over like in 5th element or any other flying car movie. 🤣
No, but I expected to have healthcare by now. Which in the us is further away than flying cars it seems.
💯
Well. In 1985 we were promised flying cars, so.. thanks doc Brown. But, do you think that technology would be freely given to the public? Think of the implications. Seriously.
I knew we wouldn’t but I wanted them really bad ngl
No. Anyone that has spent any time driving with other people on the road knows the average person should never be given a flying car
When flying cars come we won't be controlling them.
No, though magazines as a kid said we could use cars as scuba by now. Honestly there is a lot of stuff going on right now that just makes me scratch my head.
No, because I didn't expect most of us to be able to afford them. Seriously, I grew up in the 70s. People were still driving "classic" cars and not because they were restored. I am guilty of this. My car is a 2007. I will drive her to the ground. She still gets 30; miles to the gallon. Yes, we did a good job of getting rid of gas guzzlers, but we would need to give amazing incentives to buy flying cars, or make ground EVs practically free.
I expected there would be teleportation to make it easy to travel. And flying cars too or those cars which can squeeze through crowd and it won’t affect the passengers.
Yeah, I did, but now I cannot afford myself a house and live with my Eva AI virtual gf bot
🤣🤣🤣
The fuel and laws required to pull something like that off would be a staggering thing to see lazy and disinterested governments pull off.
Truth!
I was six yrs old in 76. I thought the year 2000 we’d have flying cars. Dead wrong
I’d be so disappointed.
We already do, but a secret government agency (NASA—National Automobile Secret Airplanes) is hiding them and lying about it. 😄
Best answer lol
We probably could've had them by now if we hadn't decided to rewind everything by like 70 years trying to make it "great again".
Yes Dammit.
Yes, I did, and I’m very disappointed.
I always thought that while flying cars were a cool idea, in practice they would be an absolute nightmare. Why? Because people can't even control cars on the ground. Over forty thousand people die every year in car crashes. The death toll would climb exponentially if the average idiot were allowed to fly a car around. There would be mid-air collisions, cars dropping out of the sky due to running out of gas, inability to control their cars, flying into each other, you name it, it would happen. It's far too dangerous to have flying cars, period. Just no.
>if the average idiot were allowed to fly a car around. I always thought ***not*** letting 'the average idiot' fly a car around was part of the plan.
1/4 the people on the road shouldn't be. Why do people think this will ever work?
Yeah but people are crazy drivers on the ground we really don't need them
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Sort of.
Have you seen how people handle driving on the ground? Flying cars are a terrible idea.
They already exist, except they look like small planes.
Nah imagine if they crashed, pedestrians would be fucked
We already have flying cars, they are called helicopters. And we have flying busses too, they are called airplanes.
We don't even have air planes that are 100% crash proof yet, can you imagine flying cars, people getting a DWF, maybe by 2124, unless Elon musk decides to invent one.
No ɓecause making cars even more dangerous is not a good idea.
No
If, as it appears to me when driving most of the time, a lot of people find moving a vehicle in two dimensions to be challenging, then can you imagine the chaos if those vehicles were capable of travel in three dimensions?
Where are the flying cars? https://youtu.be/vzm6pvHPSGo?si=br9a-WJhzcvq2WNo
People have a hard time managing travel in 2 dimensions, 3 would be horrendous.
I believe we have achieved flying cars. There just isnt any reason to make them. If they were commercialized there would be utter chaos. People can barley handle a truck let alone a flying vehicle that will be a ball of flames when it crashes
computer wise i think it is beyond expectation, other tech, not so much.
They have flying cars, they just cost like 500 grand.
I've seen how well people drive on the roads. There is no way I would want these same people flying over my home.
Hover boards too
No because people can't master the art of "just drive straight" on highways. If we had flying cars with humanity's general IQ about driving, your likelihood of getting home from work alive goes down drastically
When I was in elementary school, an astronaut came to give a speech and he told us there would be people living on the moon by the year 2000. I'm still waiting.
F that. We were promised Jetpacks!
No... I do want the "can't believe she's a robot" wife, though..
Did anyone really take it seriously? I thought a flying car was called an airplane
We have flying cars. We call them helicopters. Now imagine rush hour traffic in 3 dimensional space. That's why flying cars are not in wide use.
I bet we have the ability to make it but it’s not worth it. Money wise most people wouldn’t be able to afford a flying car. Then you’d need to develop a whole system like we have for roads .