00:00Don't be afraid.
00:01Yeah!
00:07Pop culture oracle The Simpsons has predicted more doom and gloom for 2026.
00:13For 2026, the predictions range from a new type of flu,
00:16and AI taking over jobs,
00:18to alien sightings, and another world war.
00:22Even if some of the predictions aren't correlated with specific events or dates,
00:26viewers have taken notice that some could be hinting at events
00:29that are imminent.
00:30For example, in a 2012 episode titled Them Robot, AI starts to take over the jobs of
00:35the people who live in Springfield.
00:37The 2012 episode sees Mr. Burns replacing his employees with robots, who ultimately
00:50turn on him and his laid off workers come to his rescue.
00:53An October analysis, ironically based on ChatGPT findings, found that artificial intelligence
01:08and automation could wipe out nearly 100 million jobs in the U.S. over the next decade, including
01:14white-collar and blue-collar roles.
01:16A 1994 episode titled Deep Space Homer might have predicted the rise of space travel for
01:21the general population.
01:23No, not another boring space launch!
01:25Change the channel!
01:26Change the channel!
01:27I can't!
01:28I can't!
01:29In this Season 5 episode, Homer Simpson is chosen by NASA to go into space with astronaut
01:35Buzz Aldrin in an attempt to make space travel more appealing to the average man.
01:40Grace Banyan and Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon.
01:44Second comes right after first.
01:46And of course, who could forget the all-female crew, including Katy Perry and Gayle King,
01:55who went up on a brief trip to space on Blue Origin's Shepard rocket as part of a tourism
02:00flight back in April.
02:02This flight sparked the idea that space tourism could be in our near future.
02:06A 1993 episode of The Simpsons called Marge in Chains may have also seen into the future,
02:11with the new super flu strain that's soaring in the US.
02:18The US is experiencing its highest infection rate in nearly three decades, according to
02:24flu statistics released by the CDC.
02:27And New York seems to be getting hit the hardest, with the highest number of flu hospitalizations
02:31recorded in a single week.
02:33The beloved animated show has also shown what it would be like to live in a smart house.
02:38In the first episode of season 13, Treehouse of Horror 12, which aired in 2001, the Simpson
02:44family moves into a voice-controlled house that manages their day-to-day lives.
02:48But the longer they live there, the more threatening the smart house becomes.
02:53You're acting crazy, Marge.
02:59This could be a potential warning as a new survey found more than eight in ten American
03:03homes now contain smart tech, such as refrigerators, doorbells, and robot vacuums.
03:09There have been quite a few recent theories about alien life, and a 1997 episode titled The
03:14Springfield Files could be giving fans some insight into the future.
03:19In the episode, two FBI agents come to investigate an alien that Homer claims to have seen in the
03:23woods.
03:32With the recent highly anticipated release of The Epstein Files, and ongoing speculation
03:36swirling around the Manhattan-sized, billions-year-old, interstellar comet 3I Atlas, some are wondering
03:43whether The Simpsons may have eerily anticipated these events as well.
03:47There have been several references to World War III in the run of The Simpsons, and fans
03:51are taking note this year.
03:53In 1995, the Lisa's wedding episode shows her fiancé, Hugh Parkfield, in the future,
03:58talking about World War II, with Homer and Mo as well, as a succeeding global conflict.
04:03You know I rather like this pub.
04:05Oh, an English boy, huh?
04:07You know, we saved your ass in World War II.
04:10Yeah, well we saved your ass in World War III.
04:12That's true.
04:13So whether they're eerily prophetic, or just wildly lucky, one thing is clear, The Simpsons
04:19is always one step ahead of the game.
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