‘Superhuman’ AI could soon tell you if you’re going to die early | Tech News [Video]

Dr AI will see you now.

The NHS is set to trial a ‘superhuman’ artificial intelligence (AI) that predicts a person’s risk of disease and early death.

The tool uses the results of a cheap heart test to alert doctors to patients who may need further tests to check for heart problems.

If the trials go to plan, the AI programme AI-ECG risk estimation, or Aire, will be a common feature across the health service in five years.

AI has already given machines the power to generate images and videos, have a casual chinwag, or tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi.

But AI labs hope to use the technology to help understand the human body and fight disease.

Aire does so by reading the results of electrocardiogram (ECG) tests. By looking at someone’s heart rate, rhythm and electrical activity, the test can diagnose everything from heart disease in children to myocardial infarction in adults.

The AI uses these tests to peak deep inside a …