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Well, I think this is one of those things that are quite difficult to predict. When you think of, say, the first controlled power flight was in 1903 with the Wright Brothers. And then, 66 years later we put the first people on the moon. I mean, if you asked people, say, in 1900, what are the odds of landing on the moon they would've said that's ridiculous. If you try to talk to them about the internet they wouldn't know what the heck you're even...What are you talking about? Like, this sounds so crazy. But today, with a hundred-dollar device you can video-conference with anyone in the world. On the other side of the world, and if you have a Wi-Fi connection, it's basically free. You're free to have an instant visual communication with anyone, or even with millions of people. You know, with social media you can communicate to millions of people simultaneously. So, and you can google something and ask any question. It's like an oracle of wisdom, that you can ask almost any questions and get an instant response. It would be incredibly difficult to predict these things in the past. Even the relatively recent past. So, I think the one thing that we can be quite certain of is that any predictions we make today for what the future will be like in 50 years will be wrong. That's for sure.

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Well, / I think this is one of those things / that are quite difficult to predict. // When you think of, / say, / the first controlled power flight / was in 1903 with the Wright Brothers. // And then, / 66 years later / we put the first people on the moon. // I mean, / if you asked people, / say, / in 1900, / what are the odds of landing on the moon / they would've said that's ridiculous. // If you try to talk to them about the internet / they wouldn't know what the heck you're even... / What are you talking about? // Like, / this sounds so crazy. // But today, / with a hundred-dollar device / you can video-conference / with anyone in the world. // On the other side of the world, / and if you have a Wi-Fi connection, / it's basically free. // You're free to have an instant / visual communication with anyone, / or even with millions of people. // You know, / with social media / you can communicate to millions of people / simultaneously. // So, / and you can google something / and ask any question. // It's like an oracle of wisdom, / that you can ask almost any questions / and get an instant response. // It would be incredibly difficult to predict these things / in the past. // Even the relatively recent past. // So, / I think / the one thing / that we can be quite certain of / is that any predictions we make today / for what the future will be like in 50 years / will be wrong. // That's for sure. //

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I think directionally, I can tell you what I hope the future has, as opposed to maybe what it will be. This may just be wishful thinking. I mean I hope we are out there on Mars and maybe beyond Mars, Jupiter. I hope we're traveling frequently throughout the solar system, perhaps preparing for missions to nearby star systems. I think all of that is possible in 50 years. And I think it's going to be very exciting to do that. And, I think we'll see autonomy and artificial intelligence advance tremendously. Like that's actually quite near term. My guess is in probably 10 years, it will be very unusual for cars to be built that are not fully autonomous. - 10 years. [10 years from now?] Yeah. I think almost all cars built will be capable of full autonomy in about 10 years. As it is, the Tesla cars that are made today, have the sensor system necessary for full autonomy. And we think probably enough compute power to be safer than a person. So, it's mostly just the question of developing the software and uploading the software. And if it turns out that more compute power is needed, we can easily upgrade the computer. And, so that's all Teslas built since October last year. And other manufacturers will follow and do the same thing. So, getting in a car will be like getting in an elevator. You just tell it where you want to go and it takes you there with extreme levels of safety. And that will be normal, that will just be normal.

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I think directionally, / I can tell you what I hope / the future has, / as opposed to maybe what it will be. // This may just be wishful thinking. // I mean / I hope we are out there / on Mars and maybe beyond Mars, / Jupiter. // I hope / we're traveling frequently / throughout the solar system, / perhaps preparing for missions / to nearby star systems. // I think all of that is possible in 50 years. // And I think it's going to be very exciting to do that. // And, / I think we'll see / autonomy and artificial intelligence advance tremendously. // Like that's actually quite near term. // My guess is in probably / 10 years, / it will be very unusual for cars / to be built / that are not fully autonomous. // - 10 years. // [10 years from now?] // Yeah. / I think almost all cars / built / will be capable of full autonomy / in about 10 years. // As it is, / the Tesla cars that are made today, / have the sensor system necessary for full autonomy. // And we think probably enough compute power / to be safer than a person. // So, / it's mostly just the question of developing the software / and uploading the software. // And if it turns out that more compute power / is needed, / we can easily upgrade the computer. // And, / so that's all Teslas built since October last year. // And other manufacturers will follow / and do the same thing. // So, / getting in a car will be like getting in an elevator. // You just tell it where you want to go / and it takes you there with extreme levels of safety. // And that will be normal, / that will just be normal. //