Danish researchers have come up with a tool that is supposedly able to anticipate an individual’s life expectancy. Free Malaysia Today reports the story.
A team of Danish researchers has revealed their work developing a tool capable of predicting an individual’s potential health problems. And even a date of death.
The AI tool is called “life2vec” and is carried out at the Technical University of Denmark, the University of Copenhagen, the IT University of Copenhagen, and Northeastern University in the United States.
Researchers developed a language model to analyze data related to events in six million Danes’ lives. They compiled large amounts of data related to their health – anything from doctor or emergency room visits to various diagnoses. Working conditions, including sectors of activity, income and social benefits were also incorporated in the data. Most of this data concerned the period of 2008-2016.
Individuals in leadership positions or with high incomes are most likely to live a long life, while having a mental-illness diagnosis was associated with a greater risk of death.
Despite the controversy regarding the use of such data and whether the model is actually reliable, this investigation opens up a new world of perspectives, said the experts behind the research.
Source: Free Malaysia Today
