Predictions for 2038 | Future timeline

Read 12 predictions for 2038, a year that will see the world transform in big and small ways; this includes disruptions throughout our culture, technology, science, health and business sectors. It’s your future, discover what you’re in for.

Quantumrun Foresight prepared this list; A trend intelligence consulting firm that uses strategic foresight to help companies thrive from future trends in foresight. This is just one of many possible futures society may experience.

Fast forecasts for 2038

Year 2038 problem, similar to the Year 2000 problem, may occur on January 19 of this year. 1
Teleportation of complex organic molecules. 1
Genomes of all discovered reptilian species sequenced. 1
Deafness, at any stage, is cured. 1
NASA sends an autonomous submarine to explore Titan's oceans. 1
Genomes of all discovered reptilian species sequenced 1
Deafness, at any stage, is cured 1

NASA sends an autonomous submarine to explore Titan's oceans. 1
Genomes of all discovered reptilian species sequenced 1
Deafness, at any stage, is cured 1
World population forecasted to reach 9,032,348,000 1
World sales of electric vehicles reaches 18,446,667 1
Predicted global mobile web traffic equals 546 exabytes 1
Global Internet traffic grows to 1,412 exabytes 1

Country forecasts for 2038

Read forecasts about 2038 specific to a range of countries, including:

United States in 2038

United Kingdom in 2038

Australia in 2038

Philippines in 2038

South Africa in 2038

Germany in 2038

Technology forecasts for 2038

Technology related predictions due to make an impact in 2038 include:

AI improves patient outcomes: Is AI our best healthcare worker yet?.

AI speeds scientific discovery: The scientist that never sleeps.

Assisted creativity: Can AI enhance human creativity?.

Personal digital twins: The age of online avatars.

Deepfakes for fun: When deepfakes become entertainment.

Business news for 2038

Business related predictions due to make an impact in 2038 include:

Automation is the new outsourcing

AI improves patient outcomes: Is AI our best healthcare worker yet?.

AI speeds scientific discovery: The scientist that never sleeps.

Assisted creativity: Can AI enhance human creativity?.

Personal digital twins: The age of online avatars.

Deepfakes for fun: When deepfakes become entertainment.

Culture forecasts for 2038

Culture related predictions due to make an impact in 2038 include:

Assisted creativity: Can AI enhance human creativity?.

Personal digital twins: The age of online avatars.

Deepfakes for fun: When deepfakes become entertainment.

Impact tourism: When tourists contribute to community development.

Offensive government hacking: A new kind of digital warfare.

Science forecasts for 2038

Science related predictions due to make an impact in 2038 include:

AI improves patient outcomes: Is AI our best healthcare worker yet?.

AI speeds scientific discovery: The scientist that never sleeps.

Generative adversarial networks (GANs): The age of synthetic media.

Recurrent neural networks (RNNs): Predictive algorithms that can anticipate human behavior.

Convolutional neural network (CNN): Teaching computers how to see.

Health forecasts for 2038

Related health articles for 2038:

AI improves patient outcomes: Is AI our best healthcare worker yet?.

Recurrent neural networks (RNNs): Predictive algorithms that can anticipate human behavior.

Convolutional neural network (CNN): Teaching computers how to see.

Molecular robotics: These microscopic robots can do just about anything.

Synthetic age reversal: Can science make us young again?.

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