Miroslaw Bober

“It has not shown that these predictions add clinically useful information beyond doctors’ assessments of a patient’s general health and fitness, which were not measured in the study,”

Miroslaw Bober · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-21

Bober said the study has not shown the predictions add clinically useful information beyond doctors' assessments.

“The authors link the facial regions the AI relies on to the ‘look of dying’ described by doctors. However, the study did not test whether the AI recognises anything a doctor would not,”

Miroslaw Bober · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-21

Bober noted the study did not test whether the AI recognizes anything a doctor would not.

“predicting an outcome is not the same as explaining it. Despite the references to ‘biological age’, the AI estimates age from facial appearance rather than directly measuring any underlying biological ageing process,”

Miroslaw Bober · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-21

Bober, who was not involved in the study, cautioned that the AI estimates age from facial appearance rather than directly measuring biological aging.

“This is a promising proof of concept, but it is not ready for clinical use. The tool still needs testing against doctors’ own judgement and across different hospitals and patient groups.”

Miroslaw Bober · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-21

Bober called the technology a promising proof of concept that is not yet ready for clinical use.