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March 16, 2030
In 3 years, 5 monthsYou design internal explosions that a battery does better anyway.
Still sketching pistons in an era of silent lithium.
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Ending the century of the spark plug.
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optimizes cylinder pressure to near-infinite efficiency
You draft schematics for pistons and fuel injection. You test heat tolerances and vibration cycles in combustion chambers.
The one thing AI can't do
You can still intuitively feel when an engine block casting will warp under stress.
Your enemy, your name, your date. Post it.
Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Day 10
AI digests thirty years of your engine cooling telemetry.
Month 5
Cloud clusters replace your thermal stress testing rigs.
Month 13
Algorithms print lighter and stronger engine blocks automatically.
Year 2.2
Sensor grids confirm performance without a single human test.
Year 3.4 · D-Day
The internal combustion engine is officially retired from history.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 95.6%
70 percent
Thermal waste per unit
4 to 1
Coffee-to-CAD ratio
15 years
Years chasing emissions specs
Your severance
A lifetime subscription to oil change coupons.
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