AI can tell if a screen star's best years are behind or in front of them

An actor's life is often portrayed as a struggle to get to the top, but now scientists claim to have created an AI that can predict success in show business. Mathematicians at Queen Mary University, London, say they can accurately predict whether an actor's career has peaked - or if their most successful days still lie ahead. They discovered that an actors' most productive year - defined as the year with the largest number of credited jobs - is towards the beginning of their career. Clear signals preceding and following the'annus mirabilis' (AM) enable them to predict with around 85 per cent accuracy if it has passed or not. An actor's life is often portrayed as a struggle to get to the top, but now scientists claim to have worked our a formula to predict success in show business.