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Tools · Updated 29 Oct, 03:30 pm IST

Wired writer tries Death Clock — an AI app that predicts life expectancy

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Why it matters for readers: If you're curious, it highlights that AI can produce striking predictions about personal health, but those predictions are part of a broader trend, not guarantees.

  • The author’s iPhone displayed a predicted death date of August 10, 2060 and an age of 74 from the Death Clock app.1
  • Death Clock is described as an AI-powered longevity app that predicts life expectancy from medical habits and lifestyle data.1
  • The piece situates the app amid a multitrillion-dollar longevity industry and mentions figures like Bryan Johnson.1
  • The article links interest in longevity tools to broader anxieties such as climate change and AI doomerism, and to promises from large language models about personalized medicine.1

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