The Simpsons’ knack of predicting the future has become legendary: Donald Trump’s presidency, smart watches and, incongruously, the 2016 winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics.
Now, a conspiracy theory has blown up on TikTok that alleges in a Season 6 episode - the specific one is unclear - there is a hidden code that, if entered into a “modern AI” chatbot, will reveal the date when people who see the video and carry out certain steps will become rich.