> whereupon they claimed that it prevented two suicides. A suicide per month in a single middle school isn't remotely plausible. The software is really worryin

> whereupon they claimed that it prevented two suicides. A suicide per month in a single middle school isn't remotely plausible. The software is really worrying, and this is one reason why. Risk prediction for suicide is really hard. Currently the risk prediction tools (created and used by health care professionals) are bad, and there's strong advice that these should not be used to predict future suicide or self harm, and should not be used to determine who to offer treatment to or who to discharge from treatment. And these tools are somewhat more sophisticated than "has the person used the word suicide?" https://www.nice.org.uk/donotdo/do-not-use-risk-assessment-tools-and-scales-to-predict-future-suicide-or-repetition-of-selfharm https://www.nice.org.uk/donotdo/do-not-use-risk-assessment-t... https://www.nice.org.uk/donotdo/do-not-use-risk-assessment-tools-and-scales-to-determine-who-should-and-should-not-be-offered-treatment-or-who-should-be-discharged https://www.nice.org.uk/donotdo/do-not-use-risk-assessment-t...