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They are using AI for natural language processing though. Heuristics would be if they just scanned a post for keywords or waiting for a suicide reporting. The a

by bdod6 9y ago

They are using AI for natural language processing though. Heuristics would be if they just scanned a post for keywords or waiting for a suicide reporting. The article suggests they are using reporting as labeled training data, and eventually they'll be able to detect posts/videos that indicate suicide. I agree that AI term gets thrown around a lot these days but don't think that's what is happening here.

austincheney 9y ago
> They are using AI for natural language processing though I am not sure how that, by itself, qualifies as AI. It is a dedicated NLP application doing the one job it was designed to do. In my idea of AI, the machine would have to learn from prior mistakes without the developers doing that learning for it. Also, for what its worth, in the real world to qualify suicidal thoughts you have to ask a person directly if they have any thoughts of harming themselves or others while aggressively watching their body language to force a more honest response during emotional pressure. Scanning user submitted text would not qualify as suicidal behavior until the user mentions self-harm.