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    Now, an AI engine can tell when you will die

    Shubham Sharma
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    Last updated on Nov 14, 2019, 12:41 pm
    Now, an AI engine can tell when you will die
  • AI is getting better at a lot of stuff (including things like playing poker), but one particular US-based healthcare provider is using the technology for something completely different - telling when people might die.

    They have trained a neural engine to predict which patients are more likely to die within the next one year.

    Here's all you need to know about it.

  • In this article
    Training the AI to predict the possibility of death Preliminary results: The system performed pretty well Researchers say it can observe signs we normally miss Predicting possibility of death can help with care procedures Google, too, has developed a similar AI engine
  • Training

    Training the AI to predict the possibility of death

  • Just recently, the folks at Pennsylvania-based healthcare provider Geisinger used over 1.77 million electrocardiogram logs, measured in voltage over time, from 400,000 patients to train their predictive AI model.

    They hoped to teach the model a way to detect patterns indicative of future cardiac problems, including heart attacks and atrial fibrillation, that may lead to death in the near future.

  • Discoveries

    Preliminary results: The system performed pretty well

    Preliminary results: The system performed pretty well
  • When the team tested the model, they found that it did much better than other tools at predicting diseases and defining which patients are at a higher risk of dying within one year and which might survive.

    In fact, according to the researchers, the model was even able to flag heart conditions that cardiologists had missed in the first place.

  • Quote

    Researchers say it can observe signs we normally miss

  • "That finding suggests that the model is seeing things that humans probably can't see, or at least that we just ignore and think are normal," study lead Brandon Fornwalt told New Scientist. "AI can potentially teach us things that we've been maybe misinterpreting for decades."

  • Advantage

    Predicting possibility of death can help with care procedures

  • Evidently, a model capable of predicting who is at more risk of dying within the next year can help health care experts use their resources more effectively.

    Specifically, they could give more care and optimal treatments to high-risk patients to save them or at least alleviate their pain.

    Not to mention, flagging missed out heart conditions would also help in saving lives.

  • Google's AI

    Google, too, has developed a similar AI engine

    Google, too, has developed a similar AI engine
  • While the researchers at Geisinger have no explanation (!) for the patterns their AI has flagged to predict the possibility of death, it's imperative to note that their system isn't the only one in this field.

    Google too had built a predictive AI model with electronic health records to tell how long a patient would stay in a hospital and when he/she might die.

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