Katja Grace – AI Impacts

AI Impacts key questions of interest

Updated Dec 17, 2020 This is a list of questions that AI Impacts focuses on answering. Details We are interested in understanding how the development of advanced AI will proceed and how it may affect

How energy efficient are human-engineered flight designs relative to natural ones?

Nature is responsible for the most energy efficient flight, according to an investigation of albatrosses, butterflies and nine different human-engineered flying machines.

Energy efficiency of monarch butterfly flight

The monarch butterfly can fly around 100,000-600,000 m/kJ and move mass at around 0.065-0.36 kg⋅m/J according to very rough calculations.

Energy efficiency of wandering albatross flight

The wandering albatross
can fly around 481m/kJ and moved mass at around 2.8—6.1 kg.m/J

Energy efficiency of paramotors

Updated Nov 24, 2020 We estimate that a record-breaking two-person paramotor: covered around = 0.36 m/kJ and moved mass at around 0.058 – 0.10 kg⋅m/J Details Paramotors are powered parachutes that allow the operator to