Google's new type of AI algorithm could predict when you'll die

Google may one day be able to predict when you'll die years in advance. The firm has created an AI that it claims is 95 per cent accurate in predicting whether hospital patients will pass away 24 hours after admission. This is around 10 per cent better than traditional models. To make its predictions, the software uses data such as patient's ethnicity, age, gender, previous diagnoses, lab results and vital signs. But what makes it so powerful is that it includes data previously thought out of reach of machines, such as doctor notes buried in PDFs or scribbled on old charts.