Gero Lifespan, an app to predict your life span. Russian scientists have invented an artificial intelligence algorithm that uses information collected by a variety of applications and devices to monitor our physical activity as datasets. Thanks to this information from smartphones and devices, AI can predict our life expectancy much more precisely.
Gero Lifespan: AI to predict our life expectancy through activity monitoring
Researchers have used the intertwined neural network to find biologically relevant patterns to correlate with both life expectancy and overall health. AI would search not only for data such as the number of daily steps but also for switching between activity and motionlessness, sleeping habits and how often we visit the gym.
So, it is enough to analyze this data, and you can admire the result, for example, thanks to Gero Lifespan application, which can be found on iTunes. It uses data from Apple Health, Fitbit, and Rescuetime. Of course, it’s partly fun – AI doesn’t take into account such factors as a genetic condition, how we eat and so on. Ideally, therefore, both activity monitors and clinical data should be used. However, this is still a more comprehensive forecast than before.
Artificial intelligence, as you can see, is useful in many areas of life. Interestingly, it appears not only on a macro scale but also, for example, in specially adapted smartphones such as Huawei Mate 10, which has a unique chip dedicated to the functions of artificial intelligence.