The Simpsonsknown for his ominous prophecies, warns of more doom and gloom in the new year.
In 2026, online scouts are looking at storylines that could be linked to a new type of flu, artificial intelligence taking over jobs, another world war, smart homes and aliens making human contacts.
The buzz all around The Simpsons‘ Predictions for 2026 are making waves on the internet and netizens can’t get enough of the terrifying predictions.
Let’s find out.
Did The Simpsons predict that AI would take over jobs?
Take Season 23 Episode 17, you robot for example: it predicted AI taking over human jobs in Springfield.
The 2012 episode predicts that Mr. Burns replaces his staff with robots; when the robots turn on him, it’s his laid-off workers who come to his rescue.
Interestingly, a recent study released last October, surprisingly based on ChatGPT results, found that artificial intelligence and automation could wipe out nearly 100 million jobs in the US over the next decade, including both white-collar and blue-collar jobs.
The report’s findings suggest that “the agricultural revolution unfolded over thousands of years. The industrial revolution took more than a century. Artificial labor could reshape the economy in less than a decade.”
Furthermore, supporting the hypothesis, a recent report from Stanford University states that US job postings for young adults between the ages of 22 and 25 have decreased by 13% since 2022 in AI-exposed sectors.
Did the 1994 episode “Deep Space Homer” predict space travel?
Season 5 of The Simpsons’ 1994 episode titled Deep Space Homer could be seen as a prediction of space travel becoming commercial to the public.
In this Season 5 episode, Homer Simpson is selected by NASA to go into space with astronaut Buzz Aldrin in an effort to make space travel more commercial for the man in the street.
While in reality an all-female crew, which also included Katy Perry and Gayle King, went on a short trip to space on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, which was again part of the tourism flight.
Did the Simpsons predict the ‘super flu’ back then?
The Simpsons could have looked into the future with the new “superflu” strain growing in the US
The United States is facing the highest increase in infectious cases in nearly three decades, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week, Monday, January 5, 2026.
The history of Marge in chains 1993 episode predicts a fictional virus spreading throughout Springfield after it arrived from Japan in shipping crates.
This particular episode created buzz on the internet during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, particularly through its depiction of how society unraveled and how the ensuing frenzy in the city was in search of a cure.
The nostalgic show, which hit the airwaves in 1989, has also shown what it would be like to live in a smart house.
In Season 13, Episode 1, The Treehouse of Horror XIImoves the Simpson family into a voice-activated house that handles their daily lives.
But with each passing day, the home becomes more threatening.
Did the Simpsons predict ‘contact with aliens’ in a 1997 episode?
Amid growing theories about extraterrestrial life, a 1997 Simpsons episode, The Springfield Filesmay already be giving fans a sneak peek at what’s to come.
In the episode, two FBI agents come to question an alien that Homer claims to have seen in the woods.
There have been several instances of a third world war in the show The Simpsons, and fans are taking it seriously.
In 1995, the Lisa’s wedding, episode showing her fiancé, Hugh Parkfield, in the future, talks about World War II with Homer and Bart, and a subsequent global conflict.
Homer also appeared to be convinced that the world was ending in an episode of the title thank god it’s doomsday which went on air in 2005.
