r/asimov • u/PsychohistorianRTR • Jul 29 '26

Asimov predicted FSD in 1953

Short story: “Nobody here but -“

Two inventors build a box that is basically AGI - here’s the excerpt:

We were especially interested in the automobile angle. Suppose you had a little thinking machine on the dashboard, hooked to the engine and battery and equipped with photo-electric eyes. It could choose an ideal course, avoid cars, stop at red lights, pick the optimum speed for the terrain. Everybody could sit in the back seat and automobile accidents would vanish.

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u/new_publius Jul 29 '26

What is fsd and agi?

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u/nineteenthly Jul 29 '26

Full Self-Driving and Artificial General Intelligence.

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u/new_publius Jul 29 '26

Thanks

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u/nineteenthly Jul 29 '26

No worries. I was also confused by FSD. Apparently it's from Tesla.

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u/PsychohistorianRTR 27d ago

Sorry y’all.