The Alpha generation is over, babies born since January 1, 2025 are now entering a new generation, the Beta. These children, born in the midst of artificial intelligence, will also have to confront climate change.
Succeeding the Alpha generation, Beta has been in effect since January 1, 2025, until 2039. Clearly, this new generation was born with the challenges of climate change and generative artificial intelligence.
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For these children, born from 2025, “the digital and physical worlds” will become one, according to Mark McCrindle, social analyst and demographer.
Births in an era where AI is present every day
For Mark McCrindle, the Beta generation will surely be the first to discover “large-scale autonomous transportation, wearable health technologies and immersive virtual environments”.
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As generative artificial intelligence has boomed in recent years, these newborns will be born into a daily life where AI is omnipresent, “from education and workplaces to health care and leisure,” assures Mark McCrindle.
This was also the case for other generations, which are differentiated by the arrival of various technologies. The Alpha generation, which precedes Beta by including people born between 2010 and 2024, experienced the beginning and development of artificial intelligence.
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Just before that, we find Gen Z for those born between 1997 and 2009, who grew up with the Internet.
After Beta, Gamma then Delta will follow one another
For previous generations, there is the X, for those born between 1965 and 1980, and the Y (or Millennials), concerning births between 1981 and 1996. Generation As for Millennials, they grew up with video and computer games.
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The Baby Boomer generation, born between 1946 and 1964, is particularly characterized by the explosion in births just after the Second World War.
The names of the generations succeeding the Beta are already known. The Gamma generation will designate births from 2040 to 2054, then Delta for those born between 2055 and 2069.
For Mark McCrindle, using the Greek alphabet to name new generations will signify “how these different generations will be raised in a new world of technological integration”.
