Here’s something else artificial intelligence (AI) is offering as a view of the future: Facial aging and life expectancy.
A new longevity app, Death Clock AI, offers consumers a visual preview of how their future face will look based on their habits, as well as a 29-question guide to determine how long they’re expected to live.
“Seeing a plausible future version of yourself, shaped by your current lifestyle, can be a wake-up call,” Brent Franson, founder of Death Clock, said in an interview. “Our model makes tomorrow’s reality more tangible, encouraging everyone to make healthier decisions today so they can look and feel better for decades to come.”
Death Clock’s Face Aging model employs a neural network-based framework based on tens of thousands of real faces across various ages and health backgrounds. It applies data-driven transformations to depict the impact of unhealthy choices on one’s long-term appearance.
Facial aging is part of the company’s 1 billion-year mission to help 100 million people live a decade longer.
The app, launched a few weeks ago, also asks users to answer a set of questions about their habits — ranging from income, screenings for cancer, blood work, supplement use, diet, sleep and exercise. The data is feed into proprietary AI technology to predict the approximate date of an individual’s death, life expectancy, biological age and health scores.
It, too, offers advice on how one can live longer with changes in lifestyle. Individuals receive a customized Longevity Plan with tailored recommendations on behavior changes, dietary supplements, screenings and discussions to have with health care providers. The platform provides secure uploads of personal health documents such as blood tests and genetic profiles.
The app, available on the Apple App Store and Google Play, is part of a fledgling longevity market most recently highlighted in the Netflix documentary, Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever.
The documentary tells the story of Bryan Johnson, 47, a tech millionaire and “longevity athlete” who spends $2 million a year to stay forever young.
“It’s really simple,” Johnson told interviewer Rich Roll. “I basically don’t trust anything in reality. Not authority. Not my mind. Not my perception, nothing. I just trust data and numbers. And the only thing I believe in is that I don’t want to die.”
Johnson’s regimen, called “Blueprint,” is devised and managed by a team of more than 30 doctors and health experts led by regenerative medicine doctor Oliver Zolman, according to a profile in Bloomberg News.
