What if the day of your death was predicted by AI? In recent years, artificial intelligence has become increasingly involved in our daily lives. Developed to make life easier for users, it now integrates with all digital tools. Cars, GPS, cell phones, household robots… AI is everywhere. So much so that applications are taking over. Like Death Clock, powered by artificial intelligence, which claims to be able to predict the day of your death, as revealed by the American media Bloomberg.
Launched last July, the application attracts users and already has more than 125,000 downloads, according to Sensor Tower. However, to know the day of his death, you have to pay no less than 40 dollars to Death Clock.
Improve the lifestyle of users
But then, what is the purpose of such an application? According to its founder, Bret Franson, “there is probably no more important date in your life than the day you are going to die.” To do this, the platform requires the user's diet, physical activity, stress and sleep levels so that the calculation can be done by the AI. To carry out this prediction, the application was based on more than 1,200 studies on life expectancy which bring together more than 53 million participants.
After analyzing the responses given by the user, the application reveals a countdown whose end indicates the day of death. But the objective of this platform is not simply to reveal this fateful date to users. In addition to this, advice is given to Internet users in order to improve their lifestyle. A way to change the date of their death and increase their life expectancy.
Government use?
On the other hand, this application could also be used by different institutions such as governments or businesses. The latter very often use life expectancy to determine retirement programs or even define life insurance amounts.
But, according to Death Clock founder Brent Franson, current tools are “quite far from reality” and the application would therefore constitute “a significant advance”. Because, with artificial intelligence, the calculations would be more personalized. However, the platform also does not have infused science and does not take into account unpredictable variables, such as accidents or illnesses.
