AI can predict when someone will die with unsettling accuracy.

The predictions of early death made by AI algorithms were "significantly more accurate" than predictions delivered by a model that did not use machine learning.

The AI death predictor algorithm top factors included exposure to job-related hazards and air pollution, alcohol intake and the use of certain medications.

When all the number crunching was done, this algorithm delivered the most accurate predictions, correctly identifying 76 percent of subjects who died during the study period.

Models that considered mostly ethnicity and physical activity, or body fat percentage, waist circumference, amount of fruits and vegetables eaten, and skin tone, were far less accurate in predicting early death.

[nbcnews.com]