The team behind an “AI death calculator'' that can predict when you will die has issued a stern warning to those who want to know how much time they have left to live.
Danish researchers revealed Life2vec AI chatbot During December. They said the program can accurately predict not only how long you will live, but also how wealthy you will become.
There are currently many copycat apps online that appear to be scams, but the original chatbot has not yet been released.
The team warned that scammers are creating fraudulent websites that mimic chatbots that have “nothing to do with us or our work.”
“So be careful,” they warn.
They say the original software contains sensitive data and is kept private by Statistics Denmark, so the bot cannot be accessed over the internet.
They urge readers on their site to be careful.
“We are aware of Life2vec's social media accounts and there is at least one fraudulent website,” they said. “We have no relationships with these or any other entities that claim to use our technology.”
Fraudulent websites may aim to steal data and other sensitive information such as email addresses, phone numbers, and credit card details.
It can also be used to spread malware.
Life2vec was created by Danish and American scientists.
They fed data from the health and demographic records of 6 million people aged 35 to 65 in Denmark into their model.
About half of the participants died between 2016 and 2020. However, the researchers found that Life2vec predicted who would die and who would survive with 78% accuracy.
The AI used information such as income, occupation, and medical history to determine how long people had to live and what social “life events” they were likely to experience in the coming years.
“We have the potential to predict health effects,” said Sune Lehmann, a professor at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and lead author of the Life2vec study.
“So we might be able to predict fertility, predict obesity, predict who will get cancer and who won't.
“But it can also predict whether you'll make a lot of money.”
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