How long you got? Danish AI algorithm aims to predict life, and death

People sit on an unusually high bench at sunset in Copenhagen, on May 9, 2023. Researchers in Denmark are developing an algorithm to help predict the stages of life all the way to the end, dubbed a ‘death calculator’, it also highlights the dangers of misusing data. — AFP

KONGENS LYNGBY, Denmark: Researchers in Denmark are harnessing artificial intelligence and data from millions of people to help anticipate the stages of an individual’s life all the way to the end, hoping to raise awareness of the technology’s power, and its perils.

Far from any morbid fascinations, the creators of life2vec want to explore patterns and relationships that so-called deep-learning programmes can uncover to predict a wide range of health or social “life-events”.