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- AI-driven longevity app
- Determine your date of death through health questions
- Receive practical life-lengthening advice
Despite its doomy name and a headline feature seemingly plucked out of a dark sci-fi movie, Death Clock turns out to be a very proactive app grounded in solid science.
The name is derived from the app’s ostensibly gimmicky conceit of being able to predict the date of your demise using artificial intelligence.
Each answer gives you a brief insight into the most common responses
What it’s actually based on, when you get down to it, is an initial question and answer session about your health and lifestyle drawn from data from 1,217 scientific studies. Do you have a sedentary job? How old did your grandparents live to on average? How much do you drink? How much sleep are you getting?
All of these fairly typical medial questions are asked, alongside some more technical ones concerning your cholesterol levels and your blood pressure, which you may or may not have to hand. Suffice to say, as a British man in a constant state of denial concerning their mortality, I did not.
The dreaded death date itself
Whatever information you can feed in, the app will eventually come up with that headline date, supplied with a morbidly humorous flourish. “Save the Date” it tells me, before hitting me with the exact date and time of my death.
Once that disquieting thought has sunk in (or bounced off you, depending on your level of skepticism/denial), the app moves on to more constructive territory, which is where its real strength lies.
The apps is keen to commend your strong points
First it provides you with a new potential death date that’s achievable if take steps to modify your lifestyle. Being told that I could potentially live 11 years longer certainly piqued my interest.
Then the app runs through a fairly detailed breakdown of the steps you can take to improve your odds. This includes specifying supplements, fitness equipment, doctor appointments, lifestyle tweaks and more.
There’s practical advice on how you can extend your longevity
The app will then offer a free 30 minute Death Clock Health Concierge appointment to help formulate a specific plan. This is essentially a health-oriented AI chatbot, which refers back to the data you have already provided through the questionnaire phase to supply custom advice.
Regardless of the slightly hazy nature of the AI algorithm employed in its calculations – and the rather hefty subscription fee you’ll need to stump up for continued advice beyond the three-day free trial – Death Clock’s positive prescriptions are very nicely handled.
The AI assistant can respond to your health questions
If nothing else, it makes you stop and think about some of your unhealthier habits and some of the practical measures you might realistically be able to take to extend your life on this planet.