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Tim Grootes retweeted
🌍 The Coming AI Era Is Already Here – And Most People Have No Idea How Deeply It Will Change Human Lives
We’re not talking distant sci-fi anymore. In 2026, AI is advancing at exponential speed: models like Grok 4, Claude 3.5, GPT-5 equivalents, and open-source breakthroughs are solving complex problems that required human experts just months ago. Multimodal AI understands images, video, voice, code, and reasoning in ways that feel almost human.
Yet walk down any street, talk to friends or colleagues – most people still treat AI like a fun chatbot or image generator. They use it for homework help or memes, but remain blissfully unaware of what’s coming in the next 3–10 years.
Here’s the reality check:
🔴 Massive job transformation
• Millions of white-collar roles (coding, writing, design, legal analysis, medical diagnostics, accounting) are already being augmented or replaced. Reports from McKinsey, WEF, and OECD in 2025–2026 estimate 30–50% of current jobs will be heavily impacted by 2030. Creative fields aren’t safe either – AI is generating art, music, scripts at professional levels.
• Good news? New jobs will emerge (AI trainers, ethics overseers, human-AI collaboration roles), but the transition will be painful for many without retraining.
🟢 Daily life upgrades
• Personalized education: AI tutors adapting to every child’s pace.
• Healthcare: Early disease detection, drug discovery accelerating.
• Productivity explosion: We’ll get weeks of work done in hours, freeing time for creativity, family, exploration.
⚠️ Societal risks most ignore
• Deepfakes & misinformation on steroids – eroding trust in everything we see/hear.
• Privacy erosion: AI tracking and predicting behavior at unprecedented scale.
• Inequality: Benefits flow first to tech-savvy elites; others left behind.
• Existential questions: As AI approaches AGI (artificial general intelligence), who controls it? How do we align it with human values?
The biggest issue? Unawareness. Surveys (Pew, Ipsos 2025) show only ~20–30% of people truly grasp the scale of change coming. Most think “AI won’t affect my job” or “it’s decades away.” Meanwhile, tech leaders (Musk, Altman, Hassabis) warn we’re in the most transformative era since the Industrial Revolution – or even fire.
We can’t stay asleep. This isn’t about fearing AI – it’s about shaping it.
What can we do?
1. Learn basics now: Try advanced tools (Grok, Claude, Midjourney), understand prompts, follow AI news.
2. Demand regulation & ethics from governments/companies.
3. Upskill: Focus on uniquely human strengths – creativity, empathy, critical thinking.
4. Discuss it openly – with family, schools, workplaces.
Tim Grootes retweeted
Naptara is a baby monitor on two iPhones.
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Tim Grootes retweeted
I built grok-remote: control Grok Build on your Mac from your iPhone — free, one command.
🎤 Voice · 📱 Safari only · 🌐 5G + QR
💭 Clean answers · open source & local-first
Install + guide:
github.com/aacers/grok-remot…
#Grok #GrokBuild #xAI #OpenSource
Tim Grootes retweeted
I built the first WordPress plugin built specifically for AI search optimization.
90+ active installs in a few weeks. Zero marketing.
Here's what I'm learning about WP sites in ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity — and how to rank in them 🧵
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Tim Grootes retweeted
🚨 European Tesla owners. It’s time to act.
Smaller countries like Belgium and Estonia are already moving fast on FSD Supervised approval. Every EU member state has one equal vote.
That means Germany or France cannot block it if enough smaller nations say yes.
Contact your minister of transport, your government, or your local representatives today. Push for rapid recognition of the Dutch RDW type approval.
The more countries that approve it quickly, the faster FSD comes to all of Europe.
Let’s make the dominoes fall. One country at a time! 🇪🇺🔥
#FSD #Tesla #FSDinEU #Europe
Tim Grootes retweeted
@elonmusk @teslaeurope @aelluswamy please fix the parking issue in European version. FSD is great, but it can not park anymore.
Tim Grootes retweeted
I had to watch this again as it's so good showcase for FSD. And no problem at all driving very busy and complex Amsterdam.
Ready for Europe. Ready for anywhere.
Went on a testing spree with @KRoelandschap in Amsterdam 🇳🇱. Crazy drivers, hundreds of cyclists and pedestrians and very narrow roads, and road works 😱 Perfect stress testing 😍 (uncut) @wholemars @TeslaOwnersNL @SawyerMerritt @teslaeurope @teslaownersSV youtu.be/vsmQrDqMwcI
Tim Grootes retweeted
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Tim Grootes retweeted
Together with RDW, we have officially completed the final vehicle testing phase for Full Self-Driving (Supervised) and have submitted all documentation required for the UN R-171 approval + Article 39 exemptions. The RDW team is now reviewing the documentation and test results package internally. They have communicated the expected approval for Netherlands date of 4/10, shifting from 3/20 previously and we look forward to successful completion of this cooperation.
Following the Netherlands’ approval, European countries will be able to recognize this approval nationally. We are anticipating a possible EU-wide approval during the summer.
Over the past 18 months, this approval has involved a series of intense documentation, development, testing, research & audits. Including but certainly not limited to:
– 1,600,000+ km of FSD (Supervised) testing on EU roads
– 13,000+ customer sales ride-alongs
– 4,500+ track test scenario executions
– Thousands of pages of written documentation for 400+ compliance requirements
– Dozens of research studies into safety performance/results
We're extremely proud of the work conducted with the RDW team up until this point.
We very much look forward to the approval in April, and sharing FSD (Supervised) with our patient EU customers!
Tim Grootes retweeted
🇳🇱 RDW Staus Tuesday 24th Feb.
As of this evening, there hasn't been a "big red button" announcement, but all the stars are aligned perfectly for imminent approval.
Here are the three most critical updates from today.
1. The "Safety Principles"
The UK Department for Transport (DfT) released a quiet but vital clarification regarding the March 5th deadline today.
The DfT confirmed that the Statement of Safety Principles will specifically include a "Performance-Based" validation for User-in-Charge (UiC) systems.
Why this matters: This confirms that Tesla won't have to follow old, rigid rules (like "the steering wheel can only turn X degrees"). Instead, they only have to prove that FSD Supervised is statistically safer than a human driver. This is the specific "win" Tesla needed to bring the US-style software to the UK.
gov.uk/government/calls-for-…
2. Software Update 2026.4.1: The "EU Toggle"
Technical logs from Tesla’s internal staging servers today show that Build 2026.4.1 is being pushed to "Internal Fleet" cars across Europe.
Code-trackers have found a new variable in this build labeled is_supervised_active_eu.
The Significance: This is essentially the "Master Switch." Tesla has now built the software so that they can activate FSD (Supervised) for every car in Europe instantly via an over-the-air command once the RDW or DfT gives the word. They wouldn't add this "production switch" to the main code unless they expected to use it in the next few weeks. [Source: Tesla Software Tracker]
3. RDW "National Exemption" Update
While the Ministry has not filed the Article 39 exemption yet, sources close to the RDW in the Netherlands indicate they have finished the "City Driving" portion of their audit.
The Final Step: The RDW is now reportedly in "Phase 4: Safety Documentation Review." This is where they cross-reference Tesla's 8-billion-mile safety data against the results of the Eindhoven and Hague tests from last weekend.
The Target: If the RDW follows its typical pattern, they will provide "Technical Advice" to the Ministry by Friday, Feb 27, which is the final business day of the month.
The Bottom Line:
We are seeing the "Software Ready" (the EU toggle) and the "Legal Ready" (performance-based rules) align perfectly for a March rollout. The "silent" period we are in right now is simply the RDW and DfT doing their final paperwork.
Tim Grootes retweeted
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Tim Grootes retweeted
@elonmusk “Tesla’s AI and energy tech can revolutionize building HVAC, cutting global energy waste by 20-30% via smart automation. With my 20 years in building controls, I propose a ‘Tesla Buildings’ division to integrate Powerwall/solar with AI-optimized climate systems for net-zero homes.”
• Buildings account for ~40% of energy use; inefficient HVAC wastes billions and hinders sustainability.
• Extends Tesla Energy beyond EVs, scales AI (like Optimus) to infrastructure, creates new revenue from retrofits/subscriptions, and advances abundance.
• Ask: Role to lead or collaborate; resources for prototype.
• ROI: Potential $X billion market; reduces carbon faster than EVs alone.
Tim Grootes retweeted
When Elon talks about the possibility of a future “phone,” he’s not talking about a phone at all. He’s talking about an AI device, something fundamentally different from today’s iPhones. No apps. No traditional OS. Purely generative.
But there’s a deeper layer to this.
This device would be a movable brain. Your Optimus’ brain, synced to a mobile AI device. Interact with the device and you’re interacting with your Optimus.
The endgame isn’t just a smart assistant— it’s a personal AI. A personality shaped by continuous interaction with you, building long-term memory over time. In physical form, it’s embodied in Optimus. In virtual form, it lives in a highly mobile device or your vehicle. And it’s backed up in the cloud, so it never truly “dies” and is always with you.
Read more about Optimus in my article linked below. This concept about the movable brain will be addressed more completely in a future part in this series.
Tim Grootes retweeted
Can you also offer family subscriptions? I use Grok every day, all day long. I want my wife and 3 kids (teenagers) also use the subscription, but paying 5x €35 per month is a bit too much.
Tim Grootes retweeted
If Americans are smart and care for their future, they should vote for the trump administration.
Tim Grootes retweeted
Tesla AI, Optimus & humanity’s future inspired me more than ever to join Tesla! Dutch building automation leader (2 companies founded, Head at van Dorp), own 2 Teslas, eager to relocate family to Texas & solve hardcore problems. Optimist, clear thinker, open mind. How can i join?