August 18th 2024.
Have you ever thought about whether or not you would want to know when you'll die? Well, scientists have developed an incredibly advanced chatbot that can predict your lifespan with an astonishing 78% accuracy. This AI, called Life2vec, not only tells you when death will come knocking at your door, but it can also estimate your financial situation at that time.
The brilliant minds behind this invention are a team of researchers from Denmark and the US. They collected data from the health and demographic records of six million people in Denmark and fed it into the model. Similar to ChatGPT, the AI learned from the information and became skilled at predicting future outcomes based on past data. However, unlike ChatGPT, Life2vec uses a variety of factors such as income, profession, and medical history to determine life expectancy rather than composing poetry.
Previous studies have already established that certain factors can influence the length of a person's life. For instance, being male, a smoker, or having poor mental health can all contribute to a shorter lifespan. On the other hand, higher income and holding a leadership position can lead to a longer life. The team converted these factors into words using codes from the Danish dataset. This allowed them to create data-rich sentences that summarized a person's life, including their profession, income, injuries, and pregnancy history.
It's no surprise that income plays a significant role in life expectancy. For example, the AI could write something like "In September 2012, Francisco received twenty thousand Danish kroner as a guard at a castle in Elsinore" or "During her third year at secondary boarding school, Hermione followed five elective classes." These are just a few examples of the stories written by the AI about specific individuals.
Life2vec, like ChatGPT and Google's Bard, fits all the words together like a jigsaw puzzle to determine a person's lifespan. The team tested the AI on a group of people aged between 35 and 65, half of whom passed away between 2016 and 2020. The results were astonishing, with Life2vec accurately predicting who would die and who would live with a 78% accuracy rate. It also outperformed other models specifically trained for the task by predicting the results of personality tests more accurately.
But before you get too excited or scared, it's worth noting that the chatbot is not currently available for public use. The team, led by Professor Sune Lehmann Jørgensen at the Technical University of Denmark, emphasized that the model was trained exclusively on data from Denmark, so the results may not be as accurate for people from other countries. They also warned against the AI falling into the hands of big businesses, as it is not intended for insurance purposes.
However, Professor Jørgensen did mention that similar technology is already in use by big tech companies that have access to vast amounts of data about us. He also suggested that knowing when you'll die could potentially help postpone it. In fact, the team published an article in the journal Nature Computational Science, stating that their framework can help researchers discover potential mechanisms that impact life outcomes and even develop personalized interventions.
So, what do you think about this AI that can predict your lifespan? Share your views in the comments below. And if you're curious, this article was first published on December 20, 2023. Just a little food for thought: scientists are now feeding AI with pieces of human brains. It's been a year since ChatGPT became a thing, but should we be scared of AI? And did you know that half of university students fear that their jobs will be replaced by AI in the future? Let us know your thoughts.
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