Predictions for 2046 | Future timeline

Read 7 predictions for 2046, 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 2046

Countries and companies increasingly look to mine asteroids for significant economic gains; this shift has been enabled by investments in asteroid identification, automated mining technologies, and bringing the cost of space flights during the 2020s and 2030s. (Likelihood 90%)link
AI entities gain an AI representative in government. link
Outdoor static advertising is largely replaced with dynamic digital advertising. link
AI entities gain an AI representative in government link
Outdoor static advertising is largely replaced with dynamic advertising link

AI entities gain an AI representative in government link
Outdoor static advertising is largely replaced with dynamic advertising link
World population forecasted to reach 9,510,267,000 link
World sales of electric vehicles reaches 23,726,667 link

Country forecasts for 2046

Read forecasts about 2046 specific to a range of countries, including:

United States in 2046

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Philippines in 2046

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Germany in 2046

Technology forecasts for 2046

Technology related predictions due to make an impact in 2046 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 2046

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 2046

Culture related predictions due to make an impact in 2046 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 2046

Science related predictions due to make an impact in 2046 include:

Climate change and food scarcity in the 2040s: Future of Food P1

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 2046

Health related predictions due to make an impact in 2046 include:

Biohacking superhumans: Future of Human Evolution P3

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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