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We all know how accurate The Simpsons are at predicting future events.
Some of its wildest predictions include the horsemeat scandal of 2013 they hinted at in a classic 1994 episode, the pro-Trump riots of 2021 from a 1996 episode, and Richard Branson going to space in 2021, as seen in a 2014 episode called 'The War of Art.'
Already halfway through 2024 and the iconic cartoon show has predicted even more events that have happened and people are freaking out.
Probably one of today's biggest buzzwords is AI. Apart from many people making predictions about the future of AI and its impact on humanity, The Simpsons seem to make these predictions feel even more real.
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In Series 23 Episode 17, there's a scene where Homer loses his job because Mr. Burns replaces all the human employees with robots.
'Ladies and gentlemen! Meet the future masters of the human race!' Mr Burns announces.
Could AI be replacing our jobs sooner than we thought?
Even scarier, another episode depicts AI staff robots in a spooky version of Disneyland that go rogue and start to murder people.
Meanwhile, in Season 27 Episode 6, Lisa discovers that the government is looking for volunteers to migrate to Mars. Sound familiar?
This eerie episode ends with a glimpse into the year 2051 where Marge and Lisa are living on Mars.
Of course, this is a little too close to SpaceX founder Elon Musk's plans to colonise the Red Planet in the near future.
Crazily, 'Lisa Versus Malibu Stacy' in Season 5 showed the release of a new Barbie doll along with the arrest of the president. Now, they may sound like two separate events until you remember that last year, former US President Trump was arrested on the same day that the Barbie movie came out.
So with what's already happened, what else has The Simpsons got in store for us?
Well, one episode had Homer repeatedly pranking his family with World War 3 scares, rushing them into a fallout shelter as if it was the end of the world. Whereas, another episode features a zombie apocalypse taking over Springfield.
'These are not predictions. These are plans,' the first comment read in response to an in-depth analysis YouTube video.
'I wonder if they will do an episode where the globalist elite are running scared of the masses and hiding in bunkers,' a second user replied.
'Because the illuminati who wrote the Simpsons know the playbook,' a third commented.
The accuracy of these predictions is enough to make you wonder whether we're living in a simulation. How else can you explain such precise foreshadowing?
At this point, it seems like we can't just brush off some episodes are mere fiction.
