https://www.wired.com/2017/03/artificial-intelligence-learning-predict-prevent-suicide/
It is absolutely a good idea to use AI helping reduce the ratio of suicide by analyzing the collected data from the social networks at the first step. Because people mostly use social networks to communicate with others instead of talking face to face which leaves us a huge amount of database to take advantage of. Just as doctors predicting patients’ condition when they are in the hospital, the AI breaks the limits of time and place. So everyone is a potential patient with their shifting moods and behaviors recorded at anytime and in anywhere. In this way, not only can prevent the potential of suicide, but also can help the doctors and phycologists accurately understand patients’ condition. Moreover, the collected data could help us find more causes of disease since database could provide enough information for experiments. Despite the rapid development of AI technology, the aim is to make people live better and healthier.
Philosophy of Technology S2017 