A video from the 1960s predicting tech for the year 2000 is weirdly accurate - it includes devices similar to FaceTime, AI and smart fridges.
Considering homes in the 1960s were lucky to have microwaves, push button phones, or a computer, the predictions are wild.
So, let’s go back to the future…
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The video opens with a son and his dad using video chat, from two different rooms of the house, to call the mom asking what is for lunch. This may bring back memories of FaceTiming or phoning your mom instead of shouting downstairs asking when dinner is ready.
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The computer screen then displays their options for dinner, depending on the family’s nutritional needs and what is in the fridge.
This tech seems to be making an appearance in more recent years, such as using ChatGPT to figure out what to do with your leftovers.
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You then see their plates lowered down through a tube, and their food, which is frozen individual portions based on each family member’s nutritional needs, being cooked in seconds.
Back in 2000, many families were having microwave meals and it also saw the rise of food delivery making it quicker than ever to have a hot dinner.
The narrator then reveals that the plates are actually color-coded dishes and are disposable, and the new technologies are part of the “instant society of tomorrow”. In 2000, people were becoming more environmentally conscious, so disposable plates weren’t really popular, besides at parties.
The video itself popped up on a Reddit thread called r/Damnthatsinteresting, and over 2.4 thousand users have rushed to the comment section.
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Many praise the accuracy of the video, such as: “They nailed it, we have video phones, TV dinners, microwave and smart fridges,” and: “If you consider that the food machine could be replaced with DoorDash then they were really only off by 20ish years.”
But, commenters are shocked at the mom being portrayed as a housewife, writing: ”They seem to still want women to serve men in their 2000 future! Lol,” and: “Biggest thing they got wrong is the wife not needing to work.”
Users are also disappointed because nutrition is not a priority in our microwave meals, commenting: “Instead we got junk food, corn syrup and an obesity epidemic,” and: “I wish this was real - eating and cooking and groceries are hard to not just eat easy snack junk food all the time.”