9 eerily accurate predictions for the year 2000 from Victorian-era paintings

Seeing how people of past generations imagined the present day is always fascinating, even if just to see how accurate their predictions were.

At the turn of the 20th century, Jean-Marc Côté and other French artists illustrated a collection of postcards predicting what the year 2000 would be like in celebration of the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris.

Many of the postcards showed a world in which humans had mastered both air and underwater travel, and while many of the predictions were way off - including the underwater whale-bus and humans riding giant seahorses - many of them offered an accurate glimpse into the future.

The most accurate predictions foresaw the rise of technology over the following century and the automation of everyday chores.