Over the past two centuries, humanity has made significant progress in increasing life expectancy. For example, if in 1824 the average life expectancy in the United States was about 40 years, today this figure has almost doubled. The main reason for this increase was a sharp decline in infant mortality and advances in medicine. As a result, most people today can expect to live twice as long as their ancestors, writes Popular Mechanics. But this progress has occurred without the use of one of the most advanced tools in medical research: artificial intelligence (AI). AI’s ability to analyze vast amounts of data opens up new possibilities for finding solutions, treatments, and perhaps even cures. Research into aging, cancer, and other diseases suggests that AI could be a major player in this area. However, some experts suggest that AI could play a bigger role than just helping. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has made the bold hypothesis that AI will not only continue the longevity revolution, but accelerate it. In a blog post, he claims that life expectancy could double to 150 years during the 21st century, citing examples of existing drugs that already extend lifespan in animals. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Amodei raised the issue again, saying that AI could double human lifespans in just five years. He describes how humanity could choose how long it wants to live in the future, although he acknowledges that this may be “biologically impossible.” Futurist Ray Kurzweil supports similar predictions, believing that AI will be able to halt aging using medical nanorobots and technologies that allow for the creation of backup copies of the human brain. These ideas are interesting, but they raise doubts. An article published in the Harvard Gazette compares the impact of AI on medicine to the advent of the Internet and the decoding of the human genome. However, using AI to diagnose and treat diseases does not necessarily mean an increase in biological lifespan. Professor S. Jay Olshansky from the University of Illinois emphasizes that there is currently no evidence that AI can influence the biological processes of aging. He notes that the burden of proof is on those who claim that AI can control the human body. Olshansky also adds that even if AI does increase lifespan, it will take a long time to confirm these results. At the moment, despite medical advances, humanity needs more in-depth research to understand how to overcome the current limits of longevity. At present, AI requires further study and its impact on human life expectancy remains questionable. Time will tell whether it can live up to our expectations and help people live longer. The post AI Will Double Human Life Expectancy This Century, Experts Say appeared first on Anomalien.com.