Artificial intelligence chatbot claims to predict time of death

Written by Muhammad Ayman

Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 04:00 PM

English newspaper Metro reported that scientists have developed a Life2Week chatbot.Artificial intelligence It can predict time of death, claiming to accurately determine time of death in 78% of study subjects.

The model was developed by scientists in Denmark and the United States, who entered data from Danish health and population registers for six million people into the model. ChatGPTThe app learned to predict what would happen next based on the words that preceded it, but unlike… ChatGPTThis AI uses information such as income, occupation and medical records to determine how long you will live.

And the team tested Life2vec In a group between the ages of 35 and 65, half of them died between 2016 and 2020, the website predicted. Life2vec Who will die and who will live with 78% accuracy.

Previous research has already found that certain factors lead to longer or shorter lifespans, for example, being male, a smoker, or having a poor mental health prognosis all contribute to shorter lifespans, and higher income and having a leadership role lead to longer lifespans.

The team, led by Professor Son Lyman Jørgensen from the Technical University of Denmark, was trained exclusively on data from Denmark, so the results may not be accurate for those from other countries, and they stressed that the AI ​​should not fail. In the hands of corporations.