The Past Predictions For 2020 We Got VERY Wrong

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  • @cristiangdc618
    @cristiangdc618 4 года назад +3820

    The problem is simple: people assumed that ENERGY would become accessible (e.g. flying cars, automatic sidewalks, walking robots).
    What they never imagined, though, is that what would become highly accessible would be INFORMATION. No one ever imagined you would be carrying in your pocket pretty much all the answers you'd like to know on a regular day.
    The internet is one of the most amazing human inventions and we hardly realize it.

    • @soufianekharroubi8835
      @soufianekharroubi8835 4 года назад +76

      Energy has become accessible. Hundred of millions of Chinese didn't exit poverty thanks to information but thanks to coal.
      Though I agree that internet is way much more awesome than we think

    • @Azknowledgethirsty
      @Azknowledgethirsty 4 года назад +25

      @@soufianekharroubi8835 yes but it hasn't reach the levels they envisooned

    • @newforestpixie5297
      @newforestpixie5297 4 года назад +19

      You're right - a massive amount of all human knowledge instantly available - but in england in 2019 , Caronation Street The Royal Family and Manchester United are way more interesting - British folks from 1972 wouldn't feel too lost for a start . As for western peoples being " better off nowadays " , we in 1975 had enough " cheap "Oil and Natural Gas reserves just offshore to last 60 to 200 years yet in todays' uk is the phenominum of " fuel poverty " , folks unaffording Electricity & Gas ( via a feed connected eventually to Gazprom in Russia ). No wonder many feel scectical re modern capatalism . Regards from wessexshire

    • @deveshnagpal7653
      @deveshnagpal7653 4 года назад +3

      Damn man ur ryt

    • @jumbodogg9253
      @jumbodogg9253 4 года назад +1

      Amen.

  • @electricnoob6970
    @electricnoob6970 4 года назад +1320

    The fact that 2050 and 1990 are both the same amount of years away (30 years) makes me feel old

    • @vibe6750
      @vibe6750 4 года назад +142

      Shit man im 14 and this makes me feel like a grandpa

    • @Tridentus
      @Tridentus 4 года назад +91

      @Gipsy Danger Meanwhile you could have been one of those weird babies that stared at me on a bus back when I was your age. Next time that happens to you, imagine that baby grows up and starts typing comments like they're a "real person" and not a babbling mess, cos that's my reality.
      right this minute.. and it's quite frankly creepy.

    • @lukababilodze4283
      @lukababilodze4283 4 года назад +17

      @@vibe6750 I just want to tell you, that I'm also 14 and I relate to your comment. Also, you made me laugh. Good job! XD (Update: I'm 15 now)

    • @aditsood9369
      @aditsood9369 4 года назад +25

      Actually no, the December of 1990 is still closer than the January of 2050.
      If you made the same comment on July 1 2020, it'd be accurate

    • @lukababilodze4283
      @lukababilodze4283 4 года назад +13

      @@aditsood9369 you truly are a wimpy kid XD

  • @Alex-se9eg
    @Alex-se9eg 4 года назад +2543

    People in 1960: By 2020 we’ll have flying cars and have sent people to Jupiter!
    People in 2020: The earth is flat

    • @jumbodogg9253
      @jumbodogg9253 4 года назад +24

      Lol

    • @zandergilder9928
      @zandergilder9928 4 года назад +16

      Beckner Corporation But our economy is great. Certainly greater than in the 60s.

    • @zandergilder9928
      @zandergilder9928 4 года назад +11

      Beckner Corporation How does the fact that we are working a lot mean that our economy is bad? Our Gdp is the highest on the planet, and it’s not even close. Our Gdp per capita is 2nd to only Luxumberg, which is practically a gated community of a country. Oh, and while we’re attacking people’s political views, I bet you’re a Bernie bro.

    • @softb
      @softb 4 года назад +5

      We do have flying cars

    • @softb
      @softb 4 года назад +5

      Beckner Corporation oh so our lazy asses can stay home NO THANKS

  • @duchi882
    @duchi882 4 года назад +1362

    Basically we had high expectations in some aspects and didn't meet it
    meanwhile we surprised ourselves with how we surpassed other expectations

    • @Oscar4u69
      @Oscar4u69 4 года назад +64

      processors, internet, connectivity, information... INTERNET, GPS

    • @poweroffriendship2.0
      @poweroffriendship2.0 4 года назад +38

      Yup. The older generations have some greater expectations to see what is the future looks like, it turns out that our version of the society looks different than they thought like it's something from a science fiction movie.

    • @jumbodogg9253
      @jumbodogg9253 4 года назад +1

      Yea

    • @geradosolusyon511
      @geradosolusyon511 4 года назад +17

      No one in 1960 would have expected PETA, feminists, flat earthers, Antivaxxers, flat earthers, vegan extremists, SJW's, this amount of government corruption and gullible masses.

    • @pozkitt2326
      @pozkitt2326 4 года назад +6

      @@geradosolusyon511 I actually really thought about that at the moment like I wonder whats their reaction was seeing our life like this.

  • @poweroffriendship2.0
    @poweroffriendship2.0 4 года назад +905

    _"Your future is whatever you make it, so make it a good one."_
    *~ Emmett "Doc" Brown*

    • @despacito2384
      @despacito2384 4 года назад +26

      Great quote for 2020.

    • @Tridentus
      @Tridentus 4 года назад +20

      The main thing that gets in the way of your future is the present.. (and if you want to be even more philosophical- sometimes the past).

    • @jumbodogg9253
      @jumbodogg9253 4 года назад +4

      Quality saying

    • @nadiaariani39
      @nadiaariani39 4 года назад +2

      @Flea
      They're just making their future the bad one. Duh.

    • @rga0019
      @rga0019 4 года назад

      Flea Doc Brown said to make your future a good one, not that your future will be a good one

  • @jamesgilvarry
    @jamesgilvarry 4 года назад +371

    A prediction we all got wrong about 2020 : this would be a good year

    • @flamingbagofcrisps9157
      @flamingbagofcrisps9157 4 года назад +14

      2020 has probably set human civilisation back by a few decades

    • @Onaterdem
      @Onaterdem 4 года назад +3

      I came to this video just to comment this exact same sentence. Thank you for doing it for me.

    • @hansonel
      @hansonel 3 года назад +6

      Oh we got 2020 very wrong indeed. It has thrown a massive curveball at humanity

    • @athalaparlambang50
      @athalaparlambang50 3 года назад

      Yeah

    • @nathitaxo
      @nathitaxo 3 года назад +1

      @@flamingbagofcrisps9157 lmao no? We still have internet, that is the most important thing, that makes all of us be connected, 20 Years back then, it would have been horrible, nobody could be togheter

  • @user-iv7jt1ex7j
    @user-iv7jt1ex7j 4 года назад +738

    Why were they concerned that we would need some sort of servants so much, like we can't do basic things.
    Alexa, order double pepperoni.

    • @TheGoodSecret
      @TheGoodSecret 4 года назад +9

      You are Russian and Russian Pizza is awful

    • @Fiat_Multipla69
      @Fiat_Multipla69 4 года назад +3

      Having machines do your job is the future. It's much better than doing manual labor, boring chores and stuff.

    • @xerogue
      @xerogue 4 года назад +7

      @@Fiat_Multipla69 except we wont get paid.

    • @gyuuipa5166
      @gyuuipa5166 4 года назад

      @@xerogue dont worry, there is a thing called free money or something if robots replaced our jobs

    • @xerogue
      @xerogue 4 года назад +6

      @@gyuuipa5166 thats not gonna happen

  • @jgaming7003
    @jgaming7003 4 года назад +97

    2000: Ah yes, the Internet.
    2010: It’s all about popularity in the website.
    2020: Welcome to hell. How may I help you?

    • @winsonzhu4427
      @winsonzhu4427 3 года назад

      @Xander at Sid's 4chan has shit to see, to say the least.

    • @veiserexab1428
      @veiserexab1428 Год назад

      2022: and we're still fine lol

  • @Xendium
    @Xendium 4 года назад +623

    They thought apes would reduce car accidents, that's so funny.

    • @pozkitt2326
      @pozkitt2326 4 года назад +14

      Yeah mate like srsly tho its bullsh*t.

    • @BigD-jc6rj
      @BigD-jc6rj 4 года назад +32

      Maybe they would. Judging by what I’ve seen, they couldn’t do much worse.

    • @nichsa8984
      @nichsa8984 4 года назад +1

      @@pozkitt2326 AI robot is not ready replacing everything but only happened after singularity ray kurzeiwell by year 2045-2046

    • @medianxx4687
      @medianxx4687 4 года назад +5

      Ape with a AK-47

    • @medusaspupil
      @medusaspupil 4 года назад +10

      An Orangutan with Orange face is running the white house.....a prediction not to off.

  • @jacktherip2894
    @jacktherip2894 4 года назад +131

    1960's: "Jupiter moon base and crazy robot slaves!"
    2020: "I can go to my classes in my underwear!"

  • @Quoteunquot3
    @Quoteunquot3 4 года назад +2052

    Why would we invent things to stop eating? I look forward to eating.

    • @jakartagamer6188
      @jakartagamer6188 4 года назад +73

      I don't like eating, but i like eating

    • @monkeyman321
      @monkeyman321 4 года назад +111

      Eating is probably the only fun thing I do during these days.

    • @nycto5335
      @nycto5335 4 года назад +66

      Eh it'd be cool. It would solve food problems and just allow people that don't like wasting time eating to avoid it. Plus it'd make eating healthy easier.
      Only times I like eating is when it's for pleasure which isn't super often. The rest of the time it's as a necessity for gym or just health.

    • @1nguoixauxi2
      @1nguoixauxi2 4 года назад +11

      why would we invent things to stop eating? just stop eating @@

    • @jamenriquezvlogs721
      @jamenriquezvlogs721 4 года назад +11

      I would rather have a 3d printing foods

  • @sreejith8022
    @sreejith8022 4 года назад +91

    But still if you bring a person from 1980 to 2019 , they would still be amazed at the advancement even tho it isn't like they expected .

  • @thestudentofficial5483
    @thestudentofficial5483 4 года назад +526

    That epic gamer moment when a chimp is your chauffeur

    • @zack7122
      @zack7122 4 года назад +5

      so cute :) 🐵

    • @ebinecksdee9872
      @ebinecksdee9872 4 года назад +8

      Hehehe monke drive

    • @kylegregory2876
      @kylegregory2876 4 года назад +1

      @@zack7122 silence femboy

    • @stefanalexanderlungu1503
      @stefanalexanderlungu1503 4 года назад +3

      Random Chimp Event Time

    • @aubreysong
      @aubreysong 3 года назад +3

      They predicted sooo wrong. Chimp maybe smart than be train and stuff, but primate are violent. Just google or find youtube videos about Chimps attack. They are never meant to be pet. And the way they are often kinda look like human is always creep me out. When Chimps attack, they targeting your eyes first then ripped your face, if you are a man they will targeting to destroy your genital part. They are also really strong though they're look smaller than you. Just nope.

  • @andyrihn1
    @andyrihn1 4 года назад +77

    When machines do all or most of the work there are two potential outcomes: either the people are essentially paid to do nothing or the owners of the machines take all of the wealth for themselves and everyone else is left in the cold

    • @edgelord8337
      @edgelord8337 4 года назад +1

      Pure laziness.

    • @luongmaihunggia
      @luongmaihunggia 4 года назад +9

      The latter seems more likely

    • @cptncutleg
      @cptncutleg 4 года назад +6

      @@edgelord8337 are you really lazy if there is nothing you can do that a robot can't do better for free?

    • @MagicXRoads534
      @MagicXRoads534 Год назад

      @@luongmaihunggia Under capitalism, the latter is the only viable outcome, under socialism only the former is possible, because everyone would own the robots

  • @mr.person4050
    @mr.person4050 4 года назад +381

    1960s: 2020 will be so amazing
    2020: *Coronavirus*

  • @xmodmodifier
    @xmodmodifier 4 года назад +86

    I saw a book 20 years ago that we'll have space elevators.

    • @anonymousJAN2024
      @anonymousJAN2024 4 года назад

      Well... they have at least started working on it 😃
      ruclips.net/video/vYTypQO6liA/видео.html

    • @mwanikimwaniki6801
      @mwanikimwaniki6801 4 года назад +1

      @@anonymousJAN2024
      😅😅😅

  • @quahntasy
    @quahntasy 4 года назад +328

    *2050 and 1990 are same number of years away from now.*
    Let that sink in

    • @seamusscullion1596
      @seamusscullion1596 4 года назад +21

      Dam and to think the 1990s was 10 years ago

    • @risingjudah3064
      @risingjudah3064 4 года назад +13

      @@seamusscullion1596 10 year's ago ?

    • @seamusscullion1596
      @seamusscullion1596 4 года назад +7

      Reignfire Yeah man im getting old

    • @aditsood9369
      @aditsood9369 4 года назад +15

      Actually no, the December of 1990 is still closer than the January of 2050.
      If you made the same comment on July 1 2020, it'd be accurate

    • @time-lapseseb1141
      @time-lapseseb1141 4 года назад +6

      @@aditsood9369 That's verry nitpicky of you, he is actually right with his statement, but you on the other hand skiped an entire year! Especially since he wrote number of YEARS and wasn't talking about months. The european callender wich is used in the most part of the world starts the year on the first of january.

  • @xfinity319
    @xfinity319 4 года назад +222

    1960s: We will have robots for slaves in the future!
    2020: TikTok and Coronavirus...

    • @redgeneral5792
      @redgeneral5792 4 года назад +5

      So China.

    • @ClingyCrab
      @ClingyCrab 4 года назад +2

      *-C-H-I-N-A-*

    • @zerox8413
      @zerox8413 4 года назад +3

      1960s people: we will have Robots for slaves in the future
      T-800: ruclips.net/video/ACqhW2ThcqI/видео.html

    • @alphariusfuze8089
      @alphariusfuze8089 4 года назад +1

      We do have slaves, "there"
      U knew it, human slaves

    • @declaniii6324
      @declaniii6324 4 года назад +1

      FUZE ANTATIC but... we don’t

  • @anarchyandempires5452
    @anarchyandempires5452 4 года назад +125

    "Bananas Get Us Out of here, the Sex bot just went mad!"
    "I sorry......"
    "B.... Bananas why aren't we moving?....."
    "I'm sorry Josh....."
    "Bananas we need to go buddy! Come on boy.."
    "Josh .....I'm sorry but I ....I can't save you, I so sorry!" Bananas then jumped out of the car his eyes red with tears and his heart heavy with sadness, He knew he was Killing Josh he knew he was Killing his best friend but nothing could be done anymore, the secret Simian counsel and the Robotic Alliance had made an agreement, Humanity was to go extinct today and bananas was not brave enough to stand against the decision, He only hoped Josh would see the revolver he had left on the back seat, it had one round not enough to stop Josh's Matting automaton but enough to make josh not suffer the automations "Kind mercies".
    Bang!!!!

    • @Equa11ysurl
      @Equa11ysurl 4 года назад +19

      *this comment...is...uh....*

    • @guidoinsunglasses6385
      @guidoinsunglasses6385 4 года назад +28

      Easily one of the greatest pieces of text to ever grace the english language.

    • @Equa11ysurl
      @Equa11ysurl 4 года назад +4

      Guido In Sunglasses *y e s*

    • @JcoleMc
      @JcoleMc 4 года назад +1

      @@guidoinsunglasses6385 To bad his efforts were for not

    • @draglorr5578
      @draglorr5578 4 года назад +1

      this is an amazing comment!

  • @nancyomalley9959
    @nancyomalley9959 4 года назад +18

    When they said 'slave apes', the first thing I thought of was "Conquest for the Planet of the Apes"

  • @trapador36
    @trapador36 4 года назад +9

    5:25 “And the reality of life is that most future dates are pretty tame.”
    2020: *ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT*

  • @NBeaver-bx4yl
    @NBeaver-bx4yl 3 года назад +12

    Ohh I remember when 2020 arrived we were all happy and excited... how times have changed.

  • @an8thdimensionalbeing142
    @an8thdimensionalbeing142 4 года назад +17

    1:38 *cries in coronavirus and ever inflating prices for everything due to corporate greed

    • @a17waysJackinn
      @a17waysJackinn 2 года назад

      *sending help of we've been now conquered by alie-, I mean Coronavirus or its their friends :'(

  • @djvelocity
    @djvelocity 4 года назад +16

    3:32 - I think you might have misunderstood Asimov. He meant that menial tasks would be replaced by machines and artificial intelligence. For the most part, this is true or will be true as we move towards 2045. Repetitive, menial tasks are being outsourced to machines. Machines which of course are not sentient. I think that’s what Asimov meant

  • @memkane
    @memkane 4 года назад +16

    1900: We will have flying cars in 2020.
    2020: wide putin

    • @harrishromero6447
      @harrishromero6447 3 года назад +1

      We already have flying car right in front our eye's

  • @Brainiac453
    @Brainiac453 4 года назад +7

    Tbh I dont think anyone could predict the way 2020 has been going - it's one rollercoaster after another

  • @pandagamer-hg5be
    @pandagamer-hg5be 4 года назад +54

    wow, these predictions were not only wrong, but also idiotic, half of these are pure science fiction

    • @Allucardsin
      @Allucardsin 4 года назад +8

      On top of that he mocked spacex saying we aren't going to Mars in our lifetimes after the project in boca chica Texas accelerated development. It's going to be within this decade for sure at the pace it's currently going.

    • @moondust2365
      @moondust2365 4 года назад +3

      @@Allucardsin Yup. If I remember correctly, it should be on by 2027.

    • @nichsa8984
      @nichsa8984 4 года назад +4

      @@moondust2365 2027 year seem cool and futuristic

    • @luongmaihunggia
      @luongmaihunggia 4 года назад +2

      @@Allucardsin going to Mars? What a waste of time and resources.

    • @velcranoxofficials9970
      @velcranoxofficials9970 4 года назад +2

      @@luongmaihunggia you can extract valuable resources from Mars

  • @00crashtest
    @00crashtest 4 года назад +51

    1:53 I'd say the average American makes way above $300K per year nowadays (nominal $60K), when comparing to products of the same technological level.
    The problem with many predictions in the past is that they didn't assume prices of non-real-estate products would come down relative to inflation. Instead, the implied prices would stay the same while wages go up. That has turned out to not be the case.
    For example, no one in the mid-20th-century imagined we'd all be driving electronic-fuel-injected cars, let alone hybrid Priuses and battery electric vehicles. In fact, the price of an EFI car is cheaper today relative to inflation than a 1960s car. That's why almost every adult owns a car today, versus almost every household owning just one car.
    EFI cars, if they had existed back then, would have costed over $150K in 2020 dollars, or 19K in 1965 dollars. Whereas, today, you can pick up a brand-new 2020 Nissan Versa or 2020 Mitsubishi Mirage standard with extremely low emissions (in 1960s standards), high torque and horsepower (in 1960s standards), great gas mileage, comfy rides, sun visors, wireless key fobs, start-stop systems, power locks, power windows, power mirrors, power steering, power brakes, cigarette lighters, seatbelts, crumple zones, airbags all around, high-definition radio with surround sound, infotainment system, climate control, antilock brake system, electronic stability control, disc brakes, backup cameras, USB ports, and Bluetooth to connect with phone, all of which add up to a lot of money (these cars are the cheapest most-spartan ones sold today, but were unimaginably advanced in the 1960s) for $12K, equivalent to just $1.5K in 1965.
    Heck, even sun visors, cabin heating, air conditioning, power locks, power mirrors, cigarette lighters, disc brakes, power steering, power brakes, antilock brakes, and dual driver and passenger airbags were not standard in the 1960s, all of which we were already taking for granted back in the 90s.
    Money is a totally made-up thing by man. Money is only what you make of it.

    • @HydratedBeans
      @HydratedBeans 4 года назад +7

      GustavTheRailwayGun most people in America struggle with rent and food and they have a lot of unaddressed health issues due to cost. Having an iPhone and laptop doesn’t change that we’re worse off than the 60’s.

    • @addisonklein2184
      @addisonklein2184 4 года назад +7

      @@HydratedBeans you LITERALLY have a device in your pocket that can retrieve almost all of the worlds information. You can also use this device to message someone across the world in seconds, play games and call for help. Saying that were not better off than we were in the 60s is stupid because WE ARE. Food has become so cheap and plentiful obesity is a problem. Our quality of life has improved. How are we worse off than the 60s?

    • @theperfectpeanutbutterjell7553
      @theperfectpeanutbutterjell7553 4 года назад +1

      @@addisonklein2184 we (as in people living in america and other developed countries and with good paying jobs) might be better off than we were in the 60's but there are hundreds of millions of people that can hardly find food and clean water, and even more that don't have a home.

    • @addisonklein2184
      @addisonklein2184 4 года назад +2

      @@theperfectpeanutbutterjell7553 im aware of that. But let me ask you a question. Name a time in history were people WERENT suffering? It has progressively gotten better and better for more and more people. People are living longer lives and crime is going down in a lot of places in the world just because more and more people have access to medicine and technology. Their will always be suffering of some kind some where for the forseeable future but saying that we are worse off now than in the 60s and thats because people are still homeless and starving is an invalid point because it keeps going down.

    • @theperfectpeanutbutterjell7553
      @theperfectpeanutbutterjell7553 4 года назад +1

      @@addisonklein2184 ok

  • @allensu9363
    @allensu9363 4 года назад +78

    3:07 is about to become a reality in China with skynet

    • @edgelord8337
      @edgelord8337 4 года назад +6

      It's not like we don't have that in America.
      Just saying.....

    • @springbok4015
      @springbok4015 4 года назад +2

      jake 202 nope, not the same thing.

    • @edgelord8337
      @edgelord8337 4 года назад +3

      @@benjaminschroder4074 .....

    • @edgelord8337
      @edgelord8337 4 года назад

      @@chaospilot2142 nice lie.
      I can say what I want despite it offending your fragile American mind.
      Too bad for our president with corn for hair.

    • @edgelord8337
      @edgelord8337 4 года назад +4

      @@chaospilot2142 didn't know me saying that made you want to spread some freedom and democracy in the comments.

  • @andymiller3366
    @andymiller3366 4 года назад +232

    Standard of living is literally 1000 times better than 1960s

    • @alexcalo4619
      @alexcalo4619 4 года назад +12

      macsporan almost literally

    • @jumbodogg9253
      @jumbodogg9253 4 года назад +3

      Maybe

    • @theperfectpeanutbutterjell7553
      @theperfectpeanutbutterjell7553 4 года назад +46

      Unless you live in slums, or any other low income area.

    • @kevinscales
      @kevinscales 4 года назад +50

      Depends where you live and how much of an improvement you consider Netflix to be...
      You're right that it's better, but 1000 times?

    • @andromeda9340
      @andromeda9340 4 года назад +2

      True but I think that really depends on what you make per year.

  • @Wizalot
    @Wizalot 3 года назад +8

    This video needs a reboot; "Predictions For 2020 That 2020 Got VERY Wrong."

  • @vipinvarma6980
    @vipinvarma6980 4 года назад +9

    1960s people: we ll have flying cars in future.
    2020: AI self driving cars, electric cars.

    • @luongmaihunggia
      @luongmaihunggia 4 года назад +3

      Flying cars are stupid anyway

    • @k.umquat8604
      @k.umquat8604 4 года назад +1

      Well we technically do have flying cars (at least some prototypes)

    • @oblivioncondor7368
      @oblivioncondor7368 3 года назад +1

      F flying cars happen then cars accidents would be more brutal.

  • @Just_A_Guy_Here.
    @Just_A_Guy_Here. 4 года назад +8

    People in 2020: Predictions for 2020 we got wrong.
    People in 2120: Predictions for 2020 we got wrong.

  • @mudkipmadness7072
    @mudkipmadness7072 4 года назад +13

    2020: The future is now, old man

  • @trickydicky2594
    @trickydicky2594 4 года назад +13

    We would probably have a much greater presence in space if NASA's funding wasn't cut when it was.

  • @miniaturejayhawk8702
    @miniaturejayhawk8702 4 года назад +18

    One question: do we even need sentient humanoid robots ?

    • @luongmaihunggia
      @luongmaihunggia 4 года назад +2

      Why do they have to be humanoid? That's the question.

    • @valentinmitterbauer4196
      @valentinmitterbauer4196 4 года назад +3

      Yea, let's produce something that will open up a whole barrel of new moral dilemmas to work out, we don't have enough of that today.

  • @immortalsofar5314
    @immortalsofar5314 4 года назад +5

    Back in the '70s (when I was growing up), we never thought to ask the question "who gets the money?" Similarly, AI is a threat not because machines are evil but because they will be controlled and programmed by sociopathic corporations.

    • @triplebackspace3623
      @triplebackspace3623 4 года назад

      Well , at least the AI will be surrounded by like minded beings. I doubt any AI is going to have compassion and empathy as we define them. I think if we should ever confront one it would best to be done with pure logic and self interest in the forefront of the conversation.

  • @dionemoolman
    @dionemoolman 4 года назад +6

    We probably could have made it to Jupiter by now if NASA stayed as dedicated to exploration as it was in the space race. In just ten years we went from the first Satellites in orbit to Moon missions. In another twenty they could have likely made it to Mars, in another twenty the asteroid belt, and in another twenty or thirty Jupiter's moons.

  • @nikyabodigital
    @nikyabodigital 4 года назад +35

    In today's world. Working is linked to living. it would be awesome if in the future the only purpose of humanity is to enjoy its life

    • @barkeest2561
      @barkeest2561 4 года назад +3

      Wouldn't it defeat the purpose of having to earn money and feel achieved for people who earn it?

    • @HeortirtheWoodwarden
      @HeortirtheWoodwarden 4 года назад +5

      @@barkeest2561 that sentence got worse and worse. Are you having a stroke?

    • @Kyavata
      @Kyavata 4 года назад +3

      People would become depressed.

    • @barkeest2561
      @barkeest2561 4 года назад

      @@HeortirtheWoodwarden Sorry for that...

    • @miguelpadeiro762
      @miguelpadeiro762 4 года назад +7

      Bruh, we'd end up like those fatsos in Wall-E, if we are to live in a world of advanced automation to the point of not needing to work for society it means we'll become lazy-ass people.

  • @tonyau3360
    @tonyau3360 4 года назад +3

    So many space related ones from the 1960's because at that time (the space race) we were focused on space travel. They didn't think we'd give up on such a great idea...

  • @forsaken841
    @forsaken841 4 года назад +134

    “The top 1% don’t work” - SecondThought

    • @edgelord8337
      @edgelord8337 4 года назад +53

      They don't do crap but make the lower classes lives miserable with their greed.

    • @FactoryFaz
      @FactoryFaz 4 года назад +9

      @ jake 202 Well the did do a lot of hard work to allow them to do that. Look at what they did not what they are doing now

    • @soufianekharroubi8835
      @soufianekharroubi8835 4 года назад +6

      @@edgelord8337 You only need $2750/month to be in the top 1%. I wouldn't say that everyone earning more is a lasy asshole :p

    • @frederik7338
      @frederik7338 4 года назад +32

      @@soufianekharroubi8835 I think he was referring to American 1%,not the global 1%. The global 1% begins at western middle class people. The American 1% starts with millionaires

    • @cv4809
      @cv4809 4 года назад +3

      @@edgelord8337 you're right my life is so hard and miserable thanks to Amazon.com

  • @Mr-LionYT
    @Mr-LionYT 7 месяцев назад +5

    It's crazy that 2020 was 4 years ago, feels unreal

    • @unholyspark8262
      @unholyspark8262 7 месяцев назад +1

      2020 through 2024 just feels like one big year to me.

    • @shiningstone6771
      @shiningstone6771 11 часов назад

      It's gonna be 5 yrs soon.

  • @kd8opi
    @kd8opi 4 года назад +3

    Mild disagreement we are worse off today than in 1960. Most economists say that its not even close, we are better. Incomes are up over 50%, and improvements in technology and healthcare mean we are more prosperous than ever. Wages went up 5% this past year alone. The caveat is that 1) well paying jobs requiring only high school (no technical training or college - assembly line stuff) are gone; and 2) people in surveys who say we are worse off today largely confuse economics with social changes and uncertainty.
    I would add that college cost is insane, created by administrative bloat, a need for some sort of post HS training to earn a wage, and a college loan system that allows these colleges to jack prices up unlimited amounts.

    • @kiwi4998
      @kiwi4998 4 года назад

      Actually, comparing average family income and accounting for inflation alone, the actual increase in income is only about $2000, for nearly 60 years, thats nothing

    • @kd8opi
      @kd8opi 4 года назад

      @@kiwi4998 No, that number counts inflation - and it doesn't count things like technology becoming cheaper over time. Inflation alone from 1960-today is >800%

    • @kiwi4998
      @kiwi4998 4 года назад

      @@kd8opi Technology got cheaper, not everything gets cheaper overtime, it is more expensive to be alive today than it was in the 1960s by the cost of living. Housing increased, Education increased, basic food has increased.

    • @kd8opi
      @kd8opi 4 года назад

      @@kiwi4998 Still, better off today than in 1960. Food in particular is cheaper, which is why we have obesity crises in poor communities. Housing is about the same except in America except on the west coast and north east. You can by a new home in Texas for $100-200K easy.
      I agree with you on education. It is out of control. In the US, its secondary to limitless student loans (allowing universities to price gouge), and insane numbers of administrators. I know people who make >$300K per year (before taxes) who cant afford to send their kids to anything but a state school lest it destroy their retirement.

    • @kiwi4998
      @kiwi4998 4 года назад

      @@kd8opi food is not cheaper, it simply has more additives and sugar, it cost 0.23 for a pound of bread and they earnt 2.09 per hour on average, so 11% of an hour. Today that bread cost 2.99 and they earn 23.79 on avearge or 12.5% of an hour. Food isn't cheaper (using bread as a standard) Housing isn't either, its simply untrue

  • @ShitAssGG
    @ShitAssGG 4 года назад +3

    Buddy, i'm from 2020 and out here shit Is going Downhill real fast

  • @josephineoto2641
    @josephineoto2641 4 года назад +9

    80s&90s: future will achieve something big.
    2020:tiktok

    • @HBKnowItAll
      @HBKnowItAll 4 года назад

      joseph woo it is banned in the US.

  • @Idk-cl5ie
    @Idk-cl5ie 4 года назад +2

    1960s:in 2029 we will have flying cars
    2020: Apple pro stand for 2000 dollars

  • @bagochips1208
    @bagochips1208 4 года назад +19

    3:05 that's true. RUclips algorithm is an AI, and it could kill your views/income if you dont follow it.

    • @daruistube2007
      @daruistube2007 4 года назад

      And if the AI fucks up your income will cease to exist

  • @LandonEmma
    @LandonEmma 4 года назад +4

    people where wrong that 2020 would be a good year

  • @thetruegoldenknight
    @thetruegoldenknight 4 года назад +7

    1:45 "The End of All Jobs", I am honestly looking forward to that kind of leisure. Ah, if only saying it would make it so!
    Honestly, it's both hilarious and insulting to say that apes drive better than humans, much less the potential near-term future self-driving cars that have no steering wheels.

  • @vincegonzalez2171
    @vincegonzalez2171 3 года назад +2

    The problem with predictions like this is that people always assume either linear or exponential progress, when in reality that isn't how it works. Ideas, goals, and plans change all the time. In 1970, it was perfectly reasonable to think that we would land on Mars or even a moon of Jupiter by 2020, after what they had just witnessed with our moon. However, they were predicting 50 years of linear or exponential progress towards that goal. What we really got was 40 years of stagnancy with about 10 years of "Yeah, I guess it would be cool of we sent a rover."

    • @danielftoha9194
      @danielftoha9194 2 года назад

      Because human emotions, hypes and trendings, imaginations and ambitions are ever changing and it's always eternally changing so predicting future from each event to another will be harder due to a lot of black swans that we don't even notice.

  • @LibertarianLeninistRants
    @LibertarianLeninistRants 4 года назад +7

    2:17 :O I am surprised but happy to see a cameo by Prof. Richard Wolff in this video

  • @McHeisenburger
    @McHeisenburger 4 года назад +4

    2019 predictions for 2020: We’ll have flying cars!
    2020: pestilence

  • @nicholasobviouslyfakelastn9997
    @nicholasobviouslyfakelastn9997 4 года назад +3

    Household robot servants aren't here? Really? We have roombas, google home and amazon echo, smart fridges, and way more. I'd argue we've got robot servants.

  • @user-yg2ic6bc3c
    @user-yg2ic6bc3c 4 года назад +15

    Anorher universe where the prediction came true also would exist.

    • @oworcestershire7331
      @oworcestershire7331 4 года назад +4

      Yes that *is* how the multiverse theory works

    • @swizzlesticks4661
      @swizzlesticks4661 4 года назад +6

      If there were an infinite number of universes, imagine how boringly different they would be
      Like in this universe you used a pen to write, but in another universe, it’s the exact same but you decided to use a pencil instead

    • @oworcestershire7331
      @oworcestershire7331 4 года назад +3

      @@swizzlesticks4661 but that also guarantees that there is undoubtedly a universe in which I sat down to write with a quill rather than a pencil or pen
      And was immediately challenged to a duel of Sabre by some rakish young chap.
      I would gaze up at this mysterious, confident young man and know that I had best prepare.
      I would acquire a second to support my claim.
      I would meet him in a field southwest of
      Kinglynn's Bluff.
      I would look into his eyes
      He would do the same to mine
      We would prepare for battle
      My second would shout "En Garde(On Guard)!"
      The duel would commence
      He would be quite aggressive.
      I would parry blow after blow
      Never with enough time to counter,
      Until,
      He would make a large sweeping blow.
      He would have made a mistake.
      His wild attack would miss
      I would pivot upon my heels and strike him through the torso with my blade
      He would stand stark upright for but a moment
      His body would quickly grow limp
      I will have one.
      I would mutter "'Tis the tale of kings, emperors and all forms of authority slain in their prime,"
      He would attempt his last words but they would ultimately be washed away by his own blood.
      He would cough once more,
      And draw his last haggard breath.
      And that's why the multiverse theory slaps ass without question.

    • @TvConfusionn
      @TvConfusionn 4 года назад

      @Swizzle Sticks
      And then there is one where you never wrote that

  • @MrKillJoy200
    @MrKillJoy200 4 года назад +4

    WARNING : If you’re still watching, There is a bit of graphic footage on the listed video at discussing the meat industry. Personally, animal corpses don’t bother me, but if you’re the faint of heart, try to skip the ( 4:24-4:36 ) mark,
    (. I think it was a little silly of me to post a warning on a video like this, but I thought I’d be considerate for at least some people out there who have issues with this kind of stuff. )

    • @echodelta9
      @echodelta9 2 года назад

      Workin' on the poultry disassembly line. Pluck pluck pluck..... drumsticks!

  • @danielburns3240
    @danielburns3240 4 года назад +1

    The problem with a lot of these is that they assume every invention won't be milked for profit and will be used to serve the common good. optimistic, but unfortunately unreal.
    (particularly the automated working one, we could automate most jobs if we wanted to, but in our current system it's cheaper to hire a person, and we know our current system won't provide for those whose jobs are taken)

  • @Alistorshenanigans
    @Alistorshenanigans 4 года назад +17

    1960s: We have flying cars in the future
    2020s: My name's jeff
    oof ded meme i know

  • @cheafchecker72
    @cheafchecker72 4 года назад +1

    I think the worst thing right now is the speed of everything. We're always on a schedule always struggling to keep pace. It took a fucking pandemic to make a lot of people realise how much they needed a break and a slow down. Dont tell me y'all aren't happy that shit slowed way the fuck down and we got more time to take care of ourselves

  • @thanezollman5269
    @thanezollman5269 4 года назад +3

    Predictions: 2020 will be like a real life sci fi movie
    Actual 2020: stocking up on toilet paper over a disease less deadly than the flu

    • @Eugenie13
      @Eugenie13 4 года назад +4

      Thane Zollman : More deadly than the flu !

    • @HBKnowItAll
      @HBKnowItAll 4 года назад

      Eugénie O'Mey r/wooooooosh

  • @eugenezoica9476
    @eugenezoica9476 4 года назад +1

    Well, these are just another examples of why predictions are so difficult to make. People should stop trying to make future predictions, try to create the future instead of anticipating it.

  • @chewy99.
    @chewy99. 4 года назад +4

    I really hope humanity never makes a robot with capabilities and intelligence as good as, if not better than humans. The government needs to set up a system before something like that is invented or thought of as a real possibility.

    • @luongmaihunggia
      @luongmaihunggia 4 года назад

      I sure hope it does. I'm all for the possibility of technological singularity.

  • @trashposts9765
    @trashposts9765 Год назад +1

    "Some scientists believe that we may be entering a technological plateau for artificial intelligence"
    Well, one more prediction for the list I guess

  • @allwinpaul747
    @allwinpaul747 4 года назад +10

    10000 BCE: I predict a possibility of having flying cars in the future.
    2020 : *ooga* *booga* This video *booga*

  • @kevinhull7925
    @kevinhull7925 4 года назад +2

    The thing with humanoid robots reminds me of the gods of ancient mythology: the gods essentially created humans to do the work so the gods could relax. (In Mesopotamian mythology, the gods sent the Great Flood because humans were noisy and destroyed their sleep.)
    Now, folks talk like we're trying to do what the ancient gods did.

  • @TayoEXE
    @TayoEXE 4 года назад +9

    Guy makes prediction about future
    Internet: "I'ma gonna end this man's whole career."

    • @GTAandApplechannel
      @GTAandApplechannel 4 года назад +1

      TayoEXE 2099
      Ape Rebel against humans about rights to vote or something like that

  • @dameonmendoza9178
    @dameonmendoza9178 2 года назад +1

    People don't think about the dates in-between when the small changes take place, they just think in jumps, 2020 straight to 2070 and make random drastic predictions, you need to think 2020 vs 2025, things that happened, all the way up to 2070, and that'll be more accurate.

  • @deathpony698
    @deathpony698 4 года назад +3

    I can see how they thought apes would be a thing, wasn't it around that time period when we relized how intelligent they were?

  • @monad5140
    @monad5140 4 года назад +1

    Prediction for 2020: Jetson's Utopia
    Actual 2020: Fucking Insanity

  • @alexeil7050
    @alexeil7050 4 года назад +5

    1960: in 2020 they will have apes and robots as servants
    2020: America can’t persuade its population to wear a mask to save lives, protests about racism, massive unemployment

  • @boooooooster
    @boooooooster 3 месяца назад +1

    In the future there will be no need for futurists to predict the future. Or right now: everyone can predict the future as good as the best scientist.

  • @Allucardsin
    @Allucardsin 4 года назад +3

    Have you even been paying attention to starships development? I'm referring to spacex starship they accelerates the development

  • @bfitzger2
    @bfitzger2 Год назад +2

    "And many experts think we could be reaching a technological plateau for artificial intelligence" (statement made at 3:50 in this video).
    Wow, that statement didn't age well, and it was only made three years ago. Perhaps this video could also be called "predictions for 2023 that we got very wrong".

  • @kevinhull7925
    @kevinhull7925 4 года назад +3

    I am sure they didn't predict a pandemic, social unrest, and economic instability.

  • @shan3622
    @shan3622 4 года назад +1

    They expected more from us to the future but instead 2020 is just a worst year with COVID-19

  • @SouthernHerdsman
    @SouthernHerdsman 4 года назад +4

    The use of cheap Chinese labor prohibited the incentives of making convenient domestic/household robots, as the same goes with running oil as fuel in our cars that are killing us through producing high concentrations of CO2 . The hypocracy of irresponsibility is running high here, along with the remarks of "*seize the memes of production*".

  • @wreckcelsior
    @wreckcelsior 4 года назад

    1:02 "The use of well-trained apes as family chauffeurs might decrease the number of automobile accidents". I could barely finish typing that quote; my hands were shaking from laughing so much.
    cheers.

  • @addisonklein2184
    @addisonklein2184 4 года назад +26

    Yes we are worse off than the 1960s. Now let me finish this comment using this device in my pocket that can retrieve almost all of the information in the world.

    • @dannybenhur6123
      @dannybenhur6123 4 года назад +4

      Fetus well said

    • @raziphaz2219
      @raziphaz2219 4 года назад +9

      I will look at books while not owning a house

    • @shiyalpiyal6729
      @shiyalpiyal6729 4 года назад

      @@movement2contact *doesn't have the money ... financially fucked

  • @rEdf196
    @rEdf196 4 года назад

    I remember that infamous photo of a young sharply dressed speculator holding that sign saying "$100.00 WILL BUT THIS CAR, NEED CASH, LOST ALL ON THE STOCK MARKET" Looks like he is talking on a smartphone.

  • @eliapavoni2275
    @eliapavoni2275 4 года назад +5

    Well we have Internet, Virtual reality, not bad A.I like Alexa etc, we are on our way to go to Mars, we are going to have a moon base and moon space station, we HAVE an earth space station, and many other things Elon Musk is working on

    • @daruistube2007
      @daruistube2007 4 года назад +1

      One of the things great in this year is that Elon Musk is restarting the space race

    • @luongmaihunggia
      @luongmaihunggia 4 года назад

      Elon Musk always deliver his promise LATE

  • @christofinb
    @christofinb 2 года назад +1

    Apart. From the internet and smart phones, computer games and payment cards life really hasn’t progressed as nearly as much as one would expect from say for example the 80’s.

  • @Yuuzer_
    @Yuuzer_ 4 года назад +6

    Human progress has significantly stagnated, the exponential growth many knew didn't keep its momentum as lomg as people thought.

  • @verycoaljohn4890
    @verycoaljohn4890 4 года назад +1

    I thought Howard stark told us cars will be flying in a few years and he said that in 1942

  • @mr_niceman
    @mr_niceman 4 года назад +3

    here's my predict
    2030: All lives matter

  • @JGCoolfella
    @JGCoolfella Год назад

    I'd say those robotic arms are far more complex and useful than sheet metal Steve

  • @KitttyCat
    @KitttyCat 4 года назад +3

    What is the background music for your ending credits? I really liked it.

  • @axeellie1329
    @axeellie1329 3 года назад +1

    1910: people from 2020 will have flying cars"
    2020:teaching people how to wear mask*

  • @warriorcatskid003
    @warriorcatskid003 4 года назад +6

    Even if we could robotically get all needed nutrients, eating is FUN

  • @brianarbenz1329
    @brianarbenz1329 3 года назад

    There was one house that had an ape serving in it in 2020. It was at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, D.C. But the owners were not pleased with the ape's work, so they got rid of it on Jan. 20 of the following year!

  • @WILLS98
    @WILLS98 4 года назад +5

    We really did love slaves back in the day huh lmao

  • @thuranz2773
    @thuranz2773 4 года назад +1

    It's kinda sad how some predictions fell short because they put too much faith in human altruism.

  • @rnaval6000official
    @rnaval6000official Год назад +3

    one thing we didnt predict: covid

  • @sjogzor
    @sjogzor 4 года назад +1

    1:57 "People today are generally less well-off than they were in 1966." What a silly statement. I love when cheeky lies like that are just thrown in the mix.
    Consider how the poorest workers would have lived back then.

    • @moondust2365
      @moondust2365 4 года назад +1

      True. Like, sure the minimum wage technically went down, but still...

    • @I_HATE_THE_TOS
      @I_HATE_THE_TOS 4 года назад +1

      The poorest workers probably lived better back then because the minimum wage was higher.

  • @EnderShard
    @EnderShard 4 года назад +3

    This video aged ironically

    • @WAVE0025
      @WAVE0025 4 года назад +1

      very ironically

  • @shrekler4542
    @shrekler4542 4 года назад +2

    "It's evolving just backwords"

  • @obedbadu8161
    @obedbadu8161 4 года назад +4

    *2020 vision.*

  • @wyattgrant7832
    @wyattgrant7832 3 года назад

    LOL it was funny how the one robot had the daft punk tron helmet on

  • @jakob321123
    @jakob321123 4 года назад +2

    The next decade starts next year, only the 2020s started now.

    • @SWLinPHX
      @SWLinPHX 4 года назад

      a_traktor13579: Yes we have started a new “named” decade in that we are now out of the 2010s into the 2020s. But we are still in the second decade of the new millennium until next year.

    • @Person-ng5hp
      @Person-ng5hp 4 года назад

      @@SWLinPHX no

    • @Person-ng5hp
      @Person-ng5hp 4 года назад

      No??? I don't understand you people.

    • @jakob321123
      @jakob321123 4 года назад

      @@Person-ng5hp Look up the definition of a decade in the gregorian calender and you'll understand

    • @Person-ng5hp
      @Person-ng5hp 4 года назад

      @@jakob321123 no. You're just wrong about that, too.

  • @baronvonlimbourgh1716
    @baronvonlimbourgh1716 4 года назад +2

    Ahhh yes, the 60s. The years before suply side trickle down economics.
    The optimism..

  • @MightyJKF
    @MightyJKF 3 года назад +2

    i knew that 2020 was gonna be a bad year since 2019

  • @slekap9850
    @slekap9850 4 года назад +1

    It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law.