P.S. I live with depression and have been recovering over the years. I really want this to work but I am afraid this Facebook AI based on posts will miss a big

P.S. I live with depression and have been recovering over the years. I really want this to work but I am afraid this Facebook AI based on posts will miss a big portion of people with suicidal thoughts. First of all, many who are depressed do not like to share and that is why first step of counseling is usually to make the patients open up and talk, not to mention posting on Facebook about their feelings Secondly, often times suicidal thoughts appear suddenly, making it tougher to detect preemptively. The best way to prevent suicide is for people to be there with the subject instead of messaging/calling. There are physical traits (anxiety, abnormal silence/talkativeness, etc) that can be easily spotted in person. Therefore constant visits is better than relying on Facebook AI. All in all, I don't think AI is needed for suicide prevention. All Facebook really needs to do is to put, in a user's profile page, a visible "counseling" section providing immediate info about the suicide hotline and nearby counseling/therapy centers. But that wouldn't be as a big of a selling point as "AI for early signs of suicide", would it? If everyone knows the suicide prevention hotline just like they know 911, it would have prevented lots of suicide already.