Predictions for 2044 | Future timeline

Read 10 predictions for 2044, 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 2044

  • It is now possible to copy / clone / back-up the mind of a human being. This is useful for individuals suffering from memory loss disorders or as insurance when working in dangerous jobs, since in the event of a sudden death, the mind copy can be reanimated in a digital virtual reality space. Ethical and legal debates around digital personhood ensure for the next decade. (Likelihood 70%)1
  • AI entities given the right to vote. 1
  • Russia exhausts the vast majority of its oil deposits. 1
  • AI entities given the right to vote 1
  • Global reserves of Copper is fully mined and depleted1
Fast Forecast
  • Russia exhausts the vast majority of its oil deposits. 1
  • AI entities given the right to vote 1
  • Global reserves of Copper is fully mined and depleted 1
  • World population forecasted to reach 9,396,485,000 1
  • World sales of electric vehicles reaches 22,406,667 1

Country forecasts for 2044

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