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VIDEO: FUTURSELF IS A FREE ONLINE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE THAT OFFERS GUIDANCE BASED ON A PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE ASSESSMENT BY AI. THE CORE OF FUTURSELF IS REPRESENTED BY A SELF-ORGANIZING MAP THAT CLASSIFIES RESPONDENTS AND IDENTIFIES THE MOST SUITABLE WAYS TO IMPROVE ONE’S WELL-BEING
CREDIT: FEDOR GALKIN
Today, Deep Longevity, in co-authorship with Nancy Etcoff, PhD, an authority on happiness and beauty published an article in Aging-US describing a machine learning approach to human psychology: “Optimizing future well-being with artificial intelligence: Self-organizing maps (SOMs) for the identification of islands of emotional stability.”
The authors used data from the Midlife in the US study to create two digital models of human psychology.
The first model is an ensemble of deep neural networks that use information from a psychological survey to predict the chronological age of the respondents and their psychological well-being in 10 years. This model demonstrates the aging-related trajectories of the human mind. It also shows that the ability to build meaningful relationships increases with age, as do mental autonomy and environmental mastery. It simultaneously indicates that the focus on personal growth steadily declines, and the feeling of having a purpose in life only drops after 40–50 years. These findings contribute to the discussion of socioemotional selectivity and hedonic adaptation in the context of adult personality development.
The second model is a self-organizing map developed as the backbone of a recommendation engine for mental health applications. This unsupervised learning technique divides all respondents into clusters based on their risk of developing depression and identifies the shortest path toward a cluster of mental stability for any individual. Alex Zhavoronkov, the chief longevity officer of Deep Longevity, elaborates, “Existing mental health applications offer generic advice that applies to everyone yet fits no one. We have built a system that is scientifically sound and offers superior personalization.”
To demonstrate this system’s potential, Deep Longevity has released a web service FuturSelf, a free online application that lets users take the psychological test described in the original publication. At the end of the assessment, users receive a report with insights aimed at improving their long-term mental well-being and can enroll in a guidance program that provides them with a steady flow of AI-chosen recommendations. Data obtained on FuturSelf will be used to further develop Deep Longevity’s digital approach to mental health.
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