I Gave My Blood to the AI Death Clock
It examines the growing trend of consumer AI health and longevity apps, highlighting both their ambition to replace primary care and their practical and psychological limitations.
Reported by Wired ·
What happened
A journalist tests Death Clock, an AI-powered longevity app that combines lifestyle questionnaires, actuarial data, and paid blood biomarker panels to predict a user's date of death and generate a health prevention plan. Experts question the statistical validity of forecasting individual lifespans, and the author concludes that the app increased his health anxiety while primarily advising him to consult a human doctor.
Who it’s about
- Death Clock
- Brent Franson
- Quest Diagnostics