The original self-driving world
Wood wide web and collective minds
The immature machine
Upgrading to planetary intelligence
YOUR GOAL
Master of Earth's secret operating system
007skaty The Immature Machine
We built a machine that consumes its own base, A linear engine that runs out of space.
007skaty Without the biosphere's closed feedback loops, our energy extraction and planet-modifying activities drive waste, pollution, and climate disruption.
007skaty An accidental global shell of glowing power grids and communication lines envelops the Earth.
007skaty Steer the wobbling bot over rough terrain to learn how autonomous vehicles balance themselves.
Human-made weight: The weight of all human-made things, from concrete roads to smartphones, now exceeds the weight of all living things on Earth.
What term do geologists use for human-made objects that will be preserved in the rock record, like plastics or concrete?
Which of these is a primary reason the technosphere behaves autonomously from individual human desires?
Approximately how many trillion tons of human-made stuff make up the global technosphere?
Who coined the term 'technosphere' in 2014 to describe the global system of human-made technology?
Which Russian-Ukrainian scientist popularized the concept of the 'noosphere' or the sphere of human thought?
What proposed geological epoch is defined by humanity's dominant influence on Earth's climate and ecosystems?