Important warning for anyone using 'scarily accurate' AI death calculator
AI is constantly advancing - From humanoid robots to software that can detect health conditions just by looking at your tongue.
Now, people have began using it to try and get a rather sinister glimpse into their future.
Danish researchers have recently developed an AI tool that can predict your success in life, and your life expectancy, which naturally, people are very eager to try.
The software, called Life2vec, has been branded a 'scarily accurate' AI death bot as it has a 78% accuracy rate.
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It was tested on a group of people aged between 35 and 65, half of whom died between 2016 and 2020.
It uses information such as income, profession and medical records to determine how long you’ll live.
However, despite how tempting it might be to test it out yourself, it's not currently available for public use yet.
This is where the risks come in.
Multiple websites have been declaring that they're associated with Life2vec, in attempts to steal people's personal data.
Fraudulent websites may intend to share futuristic predictions in exchange for personal data and other information such as email addresses, phone numbers or credit card details.
Setting the record straight - Any website that is declaring these kinds of life projections is fake.
The Danish team have recently spoken out and said that their research is completely private and the supposed-AI modelled websites out there ‘have nothing to do with us and our work’.
'We are aware of Life2vec social media accounts, and there is at least one fraudulent website. We are not affiliated with these or any other entities that claim to use our technology,’ they said.
They are also warning anyone who comes across these websites to 'be careful.'
The original Life2vec was developed using data from six million Danish health and demographic records belonging to people aged between 35 and 65.
‘It could predict health outcomes,’ Sune Lehmann, a professor at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and lead author on the life2vec study.
‘So it could predict fertility or obesity, or you could maybe predict who will get cancer or who doesn’t get cancer.
‘But it could also predict if you’re going to make a lot of money.’
It answers those daring life questions that everyone wants to know, but at the same time, AI can't predict everything in life, can it?