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Facebook rolls out AI to detect suicidal posts before they’re reported | TechCrunch

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Facebook’s new “proactive detection” artificial intelligence technology will scan all posts 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.

From Facebook rolls out AI to detect suicidal posts before they’re reported | TechCrunch

This is admirable, of course. No-one would say otherwise. But it must be transparently obvious that the same technology could detect all sorts of other patterns as well.

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