This morning I found myself going down a rabbit hole.
Peter Diamandis was talking about sending AI-driven robots to the Moon and eventually Mars to build habitats before humans ever arrive. That immediately made me think of *The Martian* and Mark Watney solving one problem after another. Every solution created a new problem, which led to another solution.
Then I had a fun question for ChatGPT:
"If we sent *you* to the Moon, how good would you be at solving your own problems?"
The answer surprised me.
It said one of its greatest strengths wouldn't be knowing everything—it would be knowing when to ask for help. If it couldn't explain a failure after testing its best hypotheses, it would immediately send telemetry back to Earth and invite engineers—and even other specialized AIs—to work the problem.
That got me thinking.
Maybe intelligence isn't about never needing help. Maybe it's about staying curious long enough to keep updating your understanding of reality, and being wise enough to know when another perspective makes you stronger.
Apollo 13 wasn't saved by one brilliant person.
Neither was Mark Watney.
Maybe the future won't belong to humans or AI alone, but to teams that learn to solve problems together.
Curious...
Do you think an AI exploring the Moon or Mars should be mostly autonomous, or should it constantly be collaborating with humans back on Earth?