2045

2045 is a year in the Gregorian calendar that will follow 2044 and precede 2046. It is not a leap year.

In futurist and transhumanist discourse, 2045 is sometimes cited as a potential milestone for advances in artificial intelligence, robotics, and biotechnology, including the idea of transferring human consciousness to machines.

A notable related project is the 2045 Initiative, founded in 2011 by Dmitry Itskov. The initiative seeks to develop technologies such as humanoid avatars and mind uploading, with the stated aim of achieving some form of cybernetic immortality by 2045.

In science fiction and futurist writing, 2045 is used as a setting to explore near-term post-human futures. Real-world progress toward such aims is uncertain, and estimates about reaching them by 2045 vary and are widely debated.