Posted 12/23/2023, 3:30:01 PM
New AI Tool Predicts Life Events, But Raises Questions About Bias and Privacy
- Researchers created an AI tool called life2vec that can predict events in human lives, including lifespan, using transformer models trained on Danish population data
- The tool shouldn't be used for predictions on real people, but to reflect on society and policies, says lead researcher Tina Eliassi-Rad
- Life events data allows the model to build vector representations and draw connections between factors like income, education, health
- The model can predict probability of mortality fairly accurately, clustering people by low to high death probability
- While predictions are accurate, they rely on correlations and biases in the data; the researchers want to start a conversation on use and limitations of such tools