[ExI] Self-driving tiny homes

[efc at disroot.org]

On Sun, 24 Nov 2024, Kelly Anderson via extropy-chat wrote:

> Ok, here is a crazy idea for all you futurists... 
> If autonomous vehicles get to the point where they are really as safe as flying in airplanes today, then why not create an autonomous
> self-driving tiny home. That way, you could do ANYTHING you could do at home in your autonomous vehicle other than space consuming
> activities like playing tennis (although you could still do that in VR) or equipment heavy activities (working in the shop, lifting
> weights, etc.) 
> 
> When it comes time to work, you simply tell the car to take you to work and you shower and groom on the way in. The tiny home drops
> you off at work, and then goes off somewhere (another business opportunity is where they go to not create traffic problems, perhaps
> being a robo taxi with only a part of the home open to your guest?) loitering until it is time to pick you up again.
> 
> It's a possible energy and space hog, but maybe this is where things will go... I doubt it's a new idea, but I haven't heard of it
> before.
> 
> -Kelly

I'm thinking self-driving "mega-homes" in the form of an autonomous fleet 
of boats for low taxes and free enterprise! Ok, ok, old ideas from 
Stephenson, but still, would be fun to see!