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- A revolution in the field of artificial intelligence: Anticipating the moment of death
- The advent of a new prophetic AI
- How predictive intelligence works
- Results exceeding expectations
- Ethical implications and perspectives
- In conclusion, towards an era of personalized forecasting?
- Stay up to date on this revolution
A revolution in the field of artificial intelligence: Anticipating the moment of death
The advent of a new prophetic AI
At the heart of contemporary research, artificial intelligence has just reached an impressive milestone: a recent model, inspired by ChatGPT and trained using a vast corpus of biographical data of individuals, could now predict the lifespan and chances of premature mortality with surprising accuracy. This breakthrough, revealed on December 19 in the scientific publication Nature Computational Science, was made by an international team from the Technical University of Denmark, the University of Copenhagen and Northeastern University.
How predictive intelligence works
The basis of this intelligence is based on the exploitation and analysis of demographic, professional and health data relating to 6 million Danish citizens collected between 2008 and 2020. The algorithms have transformed this wealth of information into an understandable language for the system called “life2vec”, echoing the linguistic structure of the famous ChatGPT.
- Analysis of life data
- Machine language conversion
- Lifespan prediction
Results exceeding expectations
The artificial intelligence model was then put to the test on a sample of subjects aged 35 to 65, including people who died between 2016 and 2020. It was able to guess, with more reliability than any other pre-existing tool, the probabilities of death of study participants. Certain characteristics such as a managerial position or high income were linked to longer life expectancy, while factors such as being male or having mental disorders were correlated with an increased risk of premature death. Researchers have raised questions about the ethics and protection of privacy that such a tool raises.
Ethical implications and perspectives
If this innovation raises hopes in preventive medicine and social development, it also questions our relationship to the knowledge of our own finitude. The possibility of knowing the moment of one’s final breath, previously unexplored, opens a debate on the right to information and its consequences on the individual.
In conclusion, towards an era of personalized forecasting?
The future could see artificial intelligence radically transform the way we manage life and health, offering personalized prognoses to prevent risks and perhaps prolong life. This emerging technology, however, requires rigorous ethical reflection to govern its use while respecting our values and our personal integrity.
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