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Tesla Just Made a Car Fly. I Wrote This Page With AI. The Future Showed Up Early!
By Derek Smailes
On Thursday night, October 15, Tesla did something I never expected to see in my lifetime. At a SpaceX test site in McGregor, Texas, Elon Musk unveiled the brand-new Tesla Roadster. Then he made it fly.
Well, sort of. Stick with me, because there's a lesson in here about AI, blogging, and sharing your own voice.
Watch the Roadster reveal
Tesla's official livestream. The ramp demo begins around 6:03, and the 0 to 60 run around 15:58.
What Tesla actually showed
The Roadster raced up a giant curved ramp and used a fan-powered suction system to stay stuck to it until it was hanging completely upside down. Then cold-gas thrusters, built with help from SpaceX, launched it off the ramp, flipped it in midair, and set it down safely. In another demo it jumped right over a row of cars and a semi-truck.
Tesla also says it goes from 0 to 60 mph in under one second. Musk summed it up this way: "Turns out the future does have flying cars."
To be fair, nobody was behind the wheel during the stunts, production isn't planned until 2028, there's no price yet, and whether owners will truly fly or just hop is still an open question. But I watched it with my jaw on the floor.
My own "flying car" moment
Here's why this grabbed me. I'm new to blogging. I had plenty to say and no idea where to start, and for most people a blog still means hiring a web designer, learning code, or staring at a blank page for hours.
My first post on this blog was written with an AI assistant. I shared my rough ideas, and it gave me a draft I could edit until it sounded like me. That is a big shift for anyone who has ever said "I'd love to write, but I don't know how."
It's not quite a sports car flipping upside down over a semi-truck. But if you'd told me ten years ago that a few rough notes could become a finished article on my own website in minutes, I'd have said, "Sure, and cars will fly." Well. Here we are.
The AI built into the builder
I'm using the AI assistant built into Builder by HBA, the website and blog builder from The Home Business Academy. This very page started the same way. I pointed it at an article about the Roadster I liked, told it to make the page mine, and it wrote the draft and laid out the page for me to review before anything went live.
$25 a month to share your voice
Builder by HBA is $25 a month, and you can blog as little or as much as you like. One post a month or one a day, it's up to you.
Write about your health, your favorite movies, your travels, your grandkids, your faith, your business, or whatever matters to you. It's your chance to let the world, or just the people you choose to share it with, know a little or a lot more about you.
Want a blog of your own? Start here.
Builder by HBA gives you a website and a blog in one place, with an AI assistant that turns your rough notes into a finished post. Have a look and see if it fits you.
Tesla is still working on making flying cars real for everyday drivers. Sharing your story with the help of AI? That part is already here, and you don't have to wait until 2028.
Derek Smailes
P.S. Disclosure: I'm an affiliate of The Home Business Academy and may earn a commission if you join through my link, at no extra cost to you.
About the author
I'm Derek Smailes. I started this blog because I had plenty to say and no idea where to begin. I write about everyday life in general: money, home, health, relationships, travel, and new things, including the tools that make writing easier.
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