All Future Predictions (76)

Complete archive of 76 published, source-backed future predictions from 2027 to 2050. Each entry states a criterion and a probability of realisation.

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2027 Predictions (25)

• By The End Of 2027, A Leading AI Lab Will Announce That It Has Reached At Least 50% Accuracy On The Hardest Tier (Research-level) Of The FrontierMath Benchmark. 2027
• By The End Of 2027, An Independent Enterprise Research Report Will State That At Least 15% Of Large Companies Have Delegated At Least One End-to-end Business Process To An AI Agent, Mostly Without Human Intervention. 2027
• The EU's Compliance Deadline For High-risk AI Systems, Deferred From August 2026 To December 2027, Will Come Into Force On 2 December 2027 Without Being Postponed Again. 2027
• US Data Center Electricity Demand Will Exceed The 60 Gigawatt Threshold By The End Of 2027 (Up From ~31 GW In 2025). 2027
• By The End Of 2027, Global Electricity Consumption Of AI Servers Will Exceed The Total Consumption Of Conventional (Non-AI) Data Center Hardware. 2027
• The UK Will Officially Approve At Least One Cultivated (Lab-grown) Meat Product For Commercial Sale By The End Of 2027. 2027
• By The End Of 2027, At Least One Company's Cultivated Chicken Production Cost Will Fall Below 2× The Retail Price Of Conventional Chicken. 2027
• By The End Of 2027, A Multi-station/full-menu Autonomous Kitchen Concept Will Move Beyond The Pilot Stage And Operate In At Least 5 Different Locations. 2027
• Active Kitchen-robot Deployment In US Quick-service Restaurants Will Exceed 1,000 Locations By The End Of 2027. 2027
• Global Venture-capital Investment In Vertical Farming / Controlled-environment Agriculture Will Rise Above 2023 Levels (In Nominal Terms) In 2027. 2027
• According To The IEA's Main Scenario, Global Installed Solar PV Capacity Will Exceed Installed Coal Capacity In 2027. 2027
• The Share Of Electric / Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles In Global New Car Sales Will Exceed 30% In 2027. 2027
• Global Carbon Capture And Storage (CCS) Capacity Will NOT Exceed The 100 Million Tonnes/year Threshold By The End Of 2027. 2027
• By December 2027, No Official Body Such As WMO Or Copernicus Will OFFICIALLY DECLARE That The Paris Agreement's 1.5°C LONG-TERM (20-30 Year Average) Threshold Has Been Exceeded. 2027
• Global Energy-related CO2 Emissions Will NOT Set A New Record In 2027 Compared To The Previous Year, Despite Rising Data Center / AI Demand. 2027
• Global Annual Humanoid Robot Shipments Exceed 200,000 Units In 2027, The Vast Majority Deployed To Factory And Warehouse Industrial Tasks. 2027
• Over 75% Of US K-12 Teachers Use AI Tools Weekly For Lesson Planning And Grading By 2027. 2027
• Global Stablecoin Market Cap Surpasses $750 Billion By End-2027 And Stablecoins Permanently Outpace The Visa Network In Annual Settlement Volume. 2027
• Synchron Files The First Premarket Approval (PMA) Application With The FDA For A Permanently Implanted BCI, The Stentrode, By The End Of 2027. 2027
• The First Efficacy Results From The TAME (Targeting Aging With Metformin) Trial Are Expected To Be Published Between 2027 And 2028, Providing The First Strong Signal On Whether Metformin Delays The First Onset Of Age-related Diseases In Non-diabetic Adults Aged 65-79. 2027
• The First In Vivo CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Therapy, Lonvoguran Ziclumeran (Lonvo-z), Is Expected To Receive US FDA Approval In 2027 For Hereditary Angioedema. 2027
• Autonomous Drone Swarms Are Used In Border Security And Reconnaissance Missions. 2027
• 100+ Qubit NISQ Devices Are Used In Chemistry Simulations. 2027
• The Gateway Station In Lunar Orbit Completes Its First Modules. 2027
• Level 4 Autonomous Vehicles Provide Taxi Service In Certain Cities. 2027

2028 Predictions (3)

• By The End Of 2028, At Least One Quantum Computing Vendor Will Announce A Machine With More Than 300 Fault-tolerant Logical Qubits. 2028
• SpaceX Will Carry Out Its First Real Uncrewed Starship Launch Toward Mars During The 2028-2029 Earth-Mars Transfer Window. 2028
• At Least One Leading AI Coding Agent Will Exceed An 85% Resolution Rate On The SWE-bench Verified Benchmark. 2028

2029 Predictions (4)

• The Personalized MRNA Cancer Vaccine From Moderna And Merck (Intismeran Combined With Keytruda) Will Receive Its First Approval From A Major Regulator (FDA Or EMA). 2029
• By The End Of 2029, No Fusion Energy Company Will Have Delivered Commercial Electricity To The Grid, And Helion Energy's 2028 Target To Deliver 50 MW To Microsoft Will Not Be Met. 2029
• Cultivated Meat Production Cost Will Fall Below €10 Per Kilogram, Reaching Rough Price Parity With Conventional Meat. 2029
• 5G And Edge Computing Will Become The Default Infrastructure For New Smart Cities. 2029

2030 Predictions (8)

• Electric Vehicles Will Exceed 40% Of Global New Car Sales In 2030. 2030
• The Global Military Drone Market Will Exceed $70 Billion In 2030. 2030
• Global Installed Power Demand From AI Data Centers Will Exceed 100 Gigawatts By 2030. 2030
• The Synthetic Biology Market Will Reach $62 Billion By 2030 2030
• Carbon Capture And Storage (CCS) Capacity Will Reach 270 MtCO2/year By 2030 2030
• Decentralized Identity (DID) Systems Are Expected To Reach $41.7 Billion By 2030. 2030
• The Market Size Of AI-driven Materials Discovery Will Reach $2.77 Billion By 2030. 2030
• The Metaverse Market Reaching $100 Billion In The Enterprise Sector 2030

2031 Predictions (4)

• By The End Of 2031, At Least One Quantum Computing Vendor Will Announce A Machine With More Than 1,000 Logical Qubits. 2031
• NASA's Artemis 3 Crewed Lunar Landing Will Have Occurred By The End Of 2031. 2031
• Interim Results From The First Large Human Trials Testing Whether GLP-1 Drugs (Such As Semaglutide) Slow Aging Are Expected By 2031, Clarifying Whether These Drugs, Which Extended Mouse Lifespan By About 12 Percent, Affect Biological Aging Markers In Humans. 2031
• By 2031, The Global Smart City Market Will Exceed 700 Billion Dollars, Reaching Roughly Four Times Its 2025 Level. 2031

2032 Predictions (1)

• Smart Irrigation Systems Will Reduce Agricultural Water Use By 40% 2032

2033 Predictions (1)

• Remote Work Will Account For 60% Of All White-collar Jobs 2033

2034 Predictions (1)

• At Least One AI-discovered Drug Candidate Aimed At Extending Lifespan Is Expected To Enter Human Clinical Trials By 2034, With Tools Such As AlphaFold Compressing Drug Discovery Timelines From Years To Months. 2034

2035 Predictions (1)

• AI-assisted Diagnostic Systems Reach Physician-level Performance Across All Medical Imaging 2035

2036 Predictions (1)

• Artificial Reefs For Marine Life Will Be Produced Using 3D Printing. 2036

2037 Predictions (1)

• Quantum-resistant Encryption Becomes Standard 2037

2038 Predictions (1)

• Physical AI (Robotic) Systems Will Dominate The Entire Logistics Sector 2038

2039 Predictions (1)

• By 2039, There Is A 60% Probability That Quantum Computers Will Break RSA-2048. 2039

2040 Predictions (1)

• Treatment Of 80% Of Hereditary Diseases With Gene Editing (CRISPR) 2040

2041 Predictions (3)

• AGI Reaching Human-level Intelligence 2041
• By 2041, XR Glasses Sales Will Surpass Headset Sales, And Optical See-through Glasses Will Account For More Than Half Of The Total XR Market. 2041
• By 2041, The Average Installed Cost Of Utility-scale Battery Storage Systems Worldwide Will Fall Below 100 Dollars Per KWh, Less Than Half Of The 2020 Level. 2041

2042 Predictions (1)

• Neuroprosthetics Provide Sensory Feedback 2042

2043 Predictions (1)

• Establishment Of The First Greenhouse On Mars 2043

2044 Predictions (4)

• AI-driven Scientific Discovery Will Become The Primary Method For New Material And Drug Development. 2044
• By 2044, Digital Citizenship Education Will Become A Mandatory Part Of Primary School Curricula In At Least 30 Countries. 2044
• By 2044, The Market For Batteryless Electrical Energy Storage And Storage Elimination Technologies Will Reach An Annual Volume Of Approximately 230 Billion Dollars, Becoming One Of The Fastest Growing Segments Of The Energy Sector At A Time When Lithium Ion Battery Sales Saturate At Around 330 Billion Dollars. 2044
• By 2044, The Share Of Non Reverse Osmosis Methods (MSF, MED, ED And Nanofiltration) In Total Installed Desalination Capacity Will Have Increased By At Least 15 Percent Compared To 2027 Levels. 2044

2045 Predictions (1)

• Hydrogen Production Via Artificial Photosynthesis Will Become Commercialized. 2045

2046 Predictions (4)

• Solid-state Batteries Will Account For Over 80% Of The Global Battery Market, Replacing Lithium-ion Batteries. 2046
• By 2046, Global Installed Battery Energy Storage Capacity Will Have Grown At Least Twentyfold From Its 2026 Level, Becoming A Cornerstone Of Grid Flexibility. 2046
• By 2046, Smart Infrastructure Systems In Cities Will Optimize Energy And Water Distribution With 30 Percent Efficiency By Using Real Time Sensor Data. 2046
• By 2046, Critical Material Recovery Will Become A Commercial Sector At A Scale That Replaces Primary Mining For Lithium Ion Batteries And Rare Earth Elements. 2046

2047 Predictions (3)

• Testing Of Space-based Logistics Systems 2047
• By 2047, The Installed Capacity Of Seawater Desalination Systems Will Have At Least Doubled From 2027 Levels, Driven By Global Water Scarcity Pressure And Led By The Middle East And Africa Region. 2047
• By 2047, Optical See-through XR Glasses Will Outsell Headset-form Devices By A Factor Of 4 Or More Annually. 2047

2048 Predictions (2)

• The Legal Status Of Digital Consciousnesses Begins To Be Debated 2048
• By 2048, Fusion Energy Plants Worldwide Will Supply At Least 10 Percent Of Total Global Electricity Generation, And First Generation 1 GW Scale Commercial Fusion Reactors Will Be Regularly Delivering Grid Electricity. 2048

2049 Predictions (3)

• Fusion Energy Will Begin Supplying Power To The Commercial Electricity Grid On A Regular Basis For The First Time. 2049
• By 2049, Standards Bodies Such As NIST Will Have Published A Formal Framework Mandating Multifactor Authentication For Non-human Identities, Including Software Agents And Autonomous Resources. 2049
• By 2049, Engineered Bacteriophages Will Become Part Of Standard Clinical Protocols For Treating Antibiotic-resistant Bacterial Infections. 2049

2050 Predictions (1)

• Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Capacity Reaches 8.8 GtCO2/year 2050