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The CPU may be 64 bit, but how was the software compiled? How is the date actually being stored? These are completely independent of the CPU being 64 bit.
This is why it's going to be a huge problem... to begin with most people don't understand anything about binary so won't get why this weird date in 2038 will be an issue. Then among those that get the binary part of it, there will be a lot of people saying "pfffft all of our CPUs are 64-bit, this doesn't impact us."
And it won't be just some janky DBs or whatever like with Y2K. It will be Unix systems that have been moved behind layers of virtualization that have worked reliably for so long no one even thinks about anymore and systems nobody wants to touch because they're so critical.