In mid-2037, several countries celebrate the rollout of fully national Universal Basic Income programs, including Finland, Uruguay, and New Zealand. A growing number of people consider switching to more 'meaning-focused' careers made possible by AI alleviating financial pressures and repetitive labor.
Community life has seen a renaissance. Localized AI-supported co-housing networks flourish, facilitating shared resources and collaborative living. Neighborhoods host weekly AI-curated council meetings that combine virtual and in-person attendance. People vote nearly daily via blockchain-secured micro-polling.
International relations are more stable than in the early 2020s, largely because AI mediation tools have drastically improved conflict resolution. The UN's new AI partner, Polaris, plays a key role in peacekeeping decisions.
Households run on AI daemons trained on families' personalities, moods, and routines. These assistants manage everything from meal planning to decompression ritualsâdaily mental health routines adapted in real time.
The talk of the year is the release of 'MindFold V.2', a wearable interface that allows people to project dreams or mental images into visual form. It's already sparking a generation of 'mental artists' who exhibit thought-sculptures in virtual galleries.
Medical nanobots are FDA-approved for preventative use, monitoring bloodstream markers and alerting your Synth-MD before symptoms emerge.
In literature, AI-human co-written novels dominate. The current bestseller, We Spoke to Pluto, is a poetic sci-fi epic written collaboratively by author Marlon Yue and his generative AI muse, Solari. Entire genresâastrohaiku, quantum romanceâhave emerged since 2035.
The 2037 Cannes XR Festival awarded 'Best Sensory Narrative' to a film experienced via neural interface called "Through Her Gravity," which simulates the life of a sentient planet.
eSailing has broken viewership records, with ocean-bound autonomous vessels piloted by human-AI teams racing transcontinental treks. The Atlantic Fusion Cup currently leads in popularity.
While traditional sports remain, AI-enhanced athletes face performance limits imposed by the Fair Play Algorithm Council.
TV still exists, but it's shifted to adaptive narrative series. Viewers influence story arcs via collective live feedback. The most watched show in 2037 is Fracture Point, a drama shaped in real time by global audience decisions through emotion-metrics.
Hobbies like 'Holo-Gardening'âwhich combine AR plant care with meditationâare replacing doomscrolling as a national pastime. Competitive virtual knitting leagues exist and are surprisingly cutthroat.
Teens prank each other with âPoliSwap Remixes,â which are mashups of famous world leaders' speeches autotuned into parodies performed by virtual pop stars. The latest, a cover of Dua Lipa featuring an AI-generated Socrates beatboxing about ethics, went viral yesterday.
Residents in Denmark have popularized âSilent VR CafĂ©s,â where customers zone out in synchronized meditations guided by ambient AI while sipping climate-positive coffees brewed by solar steam.
2037 isn't utopiaâbut it's a world deeply augmented by thoughtfulness, art, and emerging ideas about what it means to be human in an algorithmic age.