Slashdot Mirror
Facebook Rolls Out AI To Detect Suicidal Posts Before They're Reported (techcrunch.com)
Facebook is rolling out "proactive detection" artificial intelligence technology that will scan all posts on the site for patterns of suicidal thoughts, and when necessary send mental health resources to the user at risk or their friends, or contact local first-responders. The goal is to use AI to decrease how long it takes to send help to those in need. TechCrunch reports: Facebook previously tested using AI to detect troubling posts and more prominently surface suicide reporting options to friends in the U.S. Now Facebook is will scour all types of content around the world with this AI, except in the European Union, where General Data Protection Regulation privacy laws on profiling users based on sensitive information complicate the use of this tech. Facebook also will use AI to prioritize particularly risky or urgent user reports so they're more quickly addressed by moderators, and tools to instantly surface local language resources and first-responder contact info. It's also dedicating more moderators to suicide prevention, training them to deal with the cases 24/7, and now has 80 local partners like Save.org, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and Forefront from which to provide resources to at-risk users and their networks.
Every individual has the right to determine his own life. Not only do many of these people really want to commit suicide, they actually need to commit suicide, and must be encouraged in their journey to the great beyond.
If Facebook keeps doing this I'll kill myself
Expectation:
Guy1: I've lost my job and my family in an accident on the same day. There's no hope anymore.
FB: Looks like you need some help! Go visit Save.org today!
Guy1: Thanks FB. It really helped.
Reality:
Guy2: Omg, this guy on the internet is so stupid. I am literally banging my head so hard that it's killing me.
FB: Looks like you need some help! Go visit Save.org today!
Guy2: Is this the part where I continue to bang my head?
FB: Looks like you need some help! Go visit Save.org today!
Guy2: Damn it. Stop spamming me. You're killing me.
FB: Looks like you need some help! Go visit Save.org today!
Person2: Arrrrrrugh!!! Do you want me dead or something?
FB: We booked you a schedule on Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Thank you for using FB newest AI chatbot technology. This chatbot is sponsored by Nice-Long-Rope, the best $1.99 rope to hang things from the ceiling.