Would you want to know when will die? Brent Franson explains

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Alabama's Morning News. I'm JT and join us now is
Brent Fransen. You may know the name. He's the founder
of the death Clock. No, Halloween is right around the
corner here. I'm not trying to be scary with you,
but there is actually something called the death Clock. Welcome in, Brent,
thanks for being here.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
Yeah, happy to be here.

Speaker 1 (00:16):
So tell me about the death clock and you being
the founder of this, how did you come up with this?

Speaker 2 (00:21):
Well, basically, I was sick of the reactive nature of
our healthcare system, and I'm a technologist, and so I
basically set out to build an AI, private doctor. But
the first thing we did was we train the AI
on twelve hundred longevity studies, identified about thirty questions we
can ask people, and the AI predicts two dates. One

(00:44):
the date you're going to die based on your current health,
and then number two a possible death date. So basically
an optimal death date based on betterhealth.

Speaker 1 (00:54):
Oh okay, well that's kind of cool. At least you're
throwing a silver lining in there with all this too.
But this being sober October, you know, it takes us
to realizing you know that alcohol and every doctor I've
talked to says there is zero benefit to alcohol. Don't
let anybody tell you red wine's great for your heart.
The principles in the red wine. Besides the alcohol might
have some benefit for you, but the alcohol zero. So

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how does booze impact this death clock for people?

Speaker 2 (01:21):
Yeah, alcohol is a poison. There's no amount, there's a
safe level of alcohol. And you know the glass of
red wine does not help your heart. But basically it depends.
So we ask you in the in the set of
questions how often you drink and how much you drink,
and that can impact life expectancy anywhere from two to

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ten years. Alcohol can have a very big impact on
life expectancy. So it definitely shortens your life, even in
moderate amounts.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
Oh, I agree with it that there is you know,
a lot of downfall to you know, alcohol, even if
you're you know, so called moderation. People love that word
there and this being sober ockedc. You know a lot
of people are taking, you know, step back and kind
of looking at their habits on this, and you know,
I think moving in the right direction as far as
cutting back or whatever. You know, I certainly don't drink
as much as I did in my twenties, I still

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enjoy a little glass of red wine here and there,
But you know, it's I can't tell you how many
times I've had the discussion the day afterwards, going, you know,
why am I even drinking? Am I even having the
red wine? Because it tastes good at the time? I guess.
But when you talk about the other factors in coming
up with your death date in the death clock here,
what else are you looking at? You mentioned health issues

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like diabetes, I guess, or heart disease or what else
do you look at?

Speaker 2 (02:36):
Yeah, exactly, So it really is sleep, diet, exercise are
probably sixty or seventy percent of it, and that ties
into alcohol. What happens when we drink is we don't
sleep as well, and then we don't sleep as well.
It's harder for us to eat the right things and
to exercise. But we're also asking about family history. We're
asking about what you know about your cholesterol, about blood pressure,

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whether or not you're overweight, So it really is a
holistic picture. We're asking how long your grandparents lived, things
like that.

Speaker 1 (03:09):
Well, where can somebody go to fill all this out
and get their death date?

Speaker 2 (03:12):
You can go to the app store or Android and
just search for death Clock AI and you can download
it and you can get the death date for free.
And then if you want to actually work with us
to live live a little bit longer, there are subscriptions
and we do blood tests. We actually provide a blood
based death date that looks at your biomarkers and your

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blood so you can go pretty deep.

Speaker 1 (03:35):
Wow, that's amazing. And AI certainly has got to be
a plus for what you're doing here, and it brings
in so much information instantaneously.

Speaker 2 (03:42):
Yeah. I mean, I think the reality of our healthcare
system is it's very good at being reactive if you
break your leg or you get diagnosed with cancer or something,
our healthcare system is pretty good. But in helping prevent
you from getting the diseases in the first place, it's
just not built for that. And so in a post
AI world, I think think we can all have access
to tools that can help us with preventative health much

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more than we were able to be helped in them.

Speaker 1 (04:06):
Yeah, and I like that there's the silver lining to this.
The founder of the Death Clock, Brent Frans and thank you, Brent.
I appreciate you being with us this morning.

Speaker 2 (04:13):
Thanks for having me