In 1949 George Orwell published his dystopian fiction classic "1984."

It depicted a dark future where technology exists in the public realm only as a tool for the elite to control society.

Sound familiar? In the 70 years since, much of what Orwell imagined has come to fruition, including facial recognition, auto-transcription, and music made by AI.

Here's all 5 inventions that have come true.

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In 1949, British author and essayist George Orwell wrote of a future where a global despotic power controlled the people of Oceania with surveillance and propaganda. This was "1984."

It depicted a dark future where technology exists in the public realm only as a tool for the elite to control society.

But while the book is a work of dystopian fiction, some of the technological innovations that it predicted have come true in the 70 years since it was published.

Here's a look at some of the things that "1984" got right.