Why Travis Kalanick believes humans are on the verge of a 'golden age'

"Software has automated tasks of language and math, but the complete automation of the physical world - autonomy - remains largely untouched territory, the principal unlock to the next era of progress and abundance. History refers to this kind of moment of radical progress as a Golden Age."

"This golden age is emerging as production and transportation become driven primarily by computation, minerals, and energy. With autonomous machines building other machines and software constantly improving itself, productivity could reach unprecedented levels. The organization of human capital becomes superhuman."

"Atoms has been operating in stealth mode for the past eight years. The company's goal is to create gainfully employed robots - specialized robots with productive jobs that bring abundance to their owners and society at large."

Travis Kalanick announced Atoms, a new robotics venture, positioning automation of the physical world as the next phase of artificial intelligence. He argues that while software has automated language and math tasks, complete automation of physical systems remains largely unexplored and represents the key to unprecedented progress and abundance. Kalanick describes this moment as a golden age, emerging as production and transportation become driven by computation, minerals, and energy. With autonomous machines building other machines and continuously improving software, productivity could reach superhuman levels. Atoms, operating in stealth for eight years, aims to expand delivery infrastructure into food service, mining, and transportation through specialized robots designed to create abundance for owners and society.

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