The national cemetery in Sarasota, Florida.
Researchers studied 6 million people in Denmark to create a deep-learning model able to predict mortality.
  • A new study says it's possible to predict someone's time of death accurately. 
  • The study used machine learning to create detailed life sequences for 6 million people in Denmark. 
  • Beyond morbid curiosity, the model could impact the work of insurance companies.

Death and taxes may be the only certainties in life. And now advances in AI may have brought us one step closer to anticipating the former.