NEW AI PREDICTS DEATH AND PERSONALITY TRAITS!
No, you didn’t mishear it. That’s exactly what researchers are claiming: that an AI model called life2vec can predict when you’ll die and even some of your personality traits. But before you freak out, let’s break it down.
This AI isn’t just spewing out death dates. In fact, it’s been trained on data from the Danish population to detect patterns between events in people’s lives— think interactions with the healthcare system, career paths, and even salary. Those patterns are used to predict mortality, personality traits, and even the likelihood of moving abroad.
But here’s the catch: the accuracy of these predictions is still up for debate. Life2vec’s performance is around 78% when predicting mortality and about 73% when forecasting moving abroad, but experts argue that those numbers might not be as impressive as they sound.
The big question here is what’s the point of a death-predicting AI if we can’t really trust the predictions? Well, there are potential uses—such as understanding disease prognosis and health outcomes, and teasing out hidden societal biases.
So, even though knowing your death date might not be the best idea, life2vec could still have some pretty fascinating implications. What do you think? Would you want to know your death date if you could? Let us know in the comments.
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