[ExI] first ai jet suit race

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: Darin Sunley <dsunley at gmail.com> 
Subject: Re: [ExI] first ai jet suit race

 

Nope, these are real.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daedalus_Flight_Pack

 

https://gravity.co/

 

https://louisskupien.com/blogs/news/i-flew-a-real-1300hp-jet-suit-with-gravity-industries-and-captured-the-whole-thing-louis-skupien?srsltid=AfmBOopRlhXd7k6R5MYsm74EAr-1eqh95vGwnLItyf-RUwSOwokf03Nd

 

 

 

COOL!  Darin I had seen the videos of the Daedalus Flight Packs (here.)  What I didn’t know is if the race is real.  I don’t intend to fly one of these myself.  But I would be willing to bet on the races.  I already have a strategy: bet on the Dubai or Qatari guys.  Reasoning: they have so damn much money there, they could afford to run these rigs, practice like crazy.

 

I was at an international drone competition last summer in the DC area.  The Berkeley team, along with about a dozen other American teams, were all skunked.  None of the yanks placed anywhere near the winners’ circle.  The Middle Eastern teams were scorching however.  They had sooooo much money, everything they brought was gold-plated and top of the line everything.  Both Ukrainian teams were really good too.  They had plenty of money behind them from their War Department.

 

A big disadvantage of advanced AI video is now when some cool new thing comes along, we are never quite sure if it is AI or real (would that be AAI?)

 

spike

 

 

 

 

 

On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> > wrote:

 

 

 

I am about 70% sure this is AI generated.  Likely I would become more than 70% sure if I had time to investigate which I don’t.

 

But what if… it is real?  I would soooooo be on that, oh it looks like big fun, some wicked cool youthful indiscretion there:

 

Viral Vibes on X:  <https://x.com/x_viral_vibes/status/1956427231544176817> "World's first jet suit race in Dubai ☆@wealth https://t.co/3TWe8MCEaH" / X

 

spike

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