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Wonderful example of how we can use AI for good. Now, if this catches on, I can see Facebook adapting their algorithm to recommend treatments for depression, a

Wonderful example of how we can use AI for good. Now, if this catches on, I can see Facebook adapting their algorithm to recommend treatments for depression, anxiety, even ADHD. This would be a huge success. "Mr. Smith, I see Facebook's AI considers you a strong candidate for medication X and your doctor agrees. Can you explain then why you haven't been taking medication X?" Also, if an algorithm can detect when a person is likely to commit suicide, can it detect when a person is likely to commit rape? Arson? Murder? If most of society views this as an achievement they'll scoff at comparisons with a book written in the middle of the 20th century (that was made into a movie starring Tom Cruise in 2002). "It's not the same... AT ALL!"

MBCook 9y ago
I agree. If Facebook can use mechanisms like this to help treat the disorders they cause we don’t have to look at their true cost to people’s lives. /s
cryoshon 9y ago
>I can see Facebook adapting their algorithm to recommend treatments for depression, anxiety, even ADHD imagine this: employers know that having these conditions (some of which are permanent) makes people less effective at working, and so they want to know who has adhd, who has x, y, z. facebook sells them the data. boom, now these people can't be employed by that company. i just can't help but laugh because there's a good chance this is already happening.
- MBCook 9y ago
  Of course Facebook couldn’t sell that data. It’s medical information and thus illegal (IANAL). But no matter. I’m sure there’s no rule against the company taking out ads advertising open positions to people who don’t have those issues. Tada. Nothing illegal happened, but discrimination still did.
skiman10 9y ago
This commit really reminds me of the anime "Psycho-Pass". They use an algorithm to detect criminals and stop them when their "score" goes above a certain threshold. Really interesting concept. https://myanimelist.net/anime/13601/Psycho-Pass https://myanimelist.net/anime/13601/Psycho-Pass

MBCook 9y ago

I agree. If Facebook can use mechanisms like this to help treat the disorders they cause we don’t have to look at their true cost to people’s lives. /s

cryoshon 9y ago

>I can see Facebook adapting their algorithm to recommend treatments for depression, anxiety, even ADHD imagine this: employers know that having these conditions (some of which are permanent) makes people less effective at working, and so they want to know who has adhd, who has x, y, z. facebook sells them the data. boom, now these people can't be employed by that company. i just can't help but laugh because there's a good chance this is already happening.

MBCook 9y ago
Of course Facebook couldn’t sell that data. It’s medical information and thus illegal (IANAL). But no matter. I’m sure there’s no rule against the company taking out ads advertising open positions to people who don’t have those issues. Tada. Nothing illegal happened, but discrimination still did.

skiman10 9y ago

This commit really reminds me of the anime "Psycho-Pass". They use an algorithm to detect criminals and stop them when their "score" goes above a certain threshold. Really interesting concept. https://myanimelist.net/anime/13601/Psycho-Pass https://myanimelist.net/anime/13601/Psycho-Pass