We are living in the age of technology, where it has become increasingly intertwined with our lives. Just recently, a revolutionary AI death calculator was developed by researchers from Denmark and the United States, capable of predicting the lifespan of an individual with a stunning 78% accuracy! Dubbed “life2vec”, this AI tool utilizes a blend of personal details like income, profession, residence, and health history to compute life expectancy.
The mastermind behind this AI death prediction tool is Sune Lehmann, a professor at the Technical University of Denmark. His team utilized the same technology as ChatGPT to analyze human lives as a sequence of events. Lehmann explained that just like words in sentences, events follow each other in human lives, allowing the AI to examine a person’s past and compute life outcomes.
To test life2vec’s capabilities, the team studied 6 million Danish people from 2008 to 2020. They tasked the AI with determining which individuals would live at least four years beyond January 1, 2016. The data was represented by specific digital tokens for events like a forearm fracture or working in a tobacco shop.
In addition to life expectancy, life2vec can also predict other aspects of life, such as personality traits and decisions to move internationally. This AI tool also revealed various factors influencing lifespan, like being male, having a mental health diagnosis, or working in a skilled profession being linked to earlier death, while higher income and leadership roles correlate with a longer life.
Lehmann emphasizes that this AI death prediction tool is not intended for decisions in scenarios like insurance policies or employment. Furthermore, the AI is not yet available on the internet, and if it ever does become mainstream, it won’t be used to inform individuals of their death predictions.
It is an absolute marvel that such a powerful AI tool has been developed, capable of computing life outcomes with 78% accuracy. This AI opens up a window into understanding the possibilities and limitations of such predictions, as well as the various factors that could contribute to longevity. We are certainly living in exciting times!
