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New research from UNSW PhD candidate, Karen Kusuma has explored machine learning models and their ability to predict future suicidal behaviours and thoughts.

Published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, Kusuma's research found machine learning models outperformed traditional risk prediction models in predicting suicide-related outcomes, which have traditionally performed poorly.

Here's a link to the published research if you're keen to read the full findings: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022395622005416

The following submission statement was provided by /u/unswsydney:

Hi r/Futurology, cheers for having us!

New research from UNSW PhD candidate, Karen Kusuma has explored machine learning models and their ability to predict future suicidal behaviours and thoughts.

Published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, Kusuma's research found machine learning models outperformed traditional risk prediction models in predicting suicide-related outcomes, which have traditionally performed poorly.

Here's a link to the published research if you're keen to read the full findings: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022395622005416

Please reply to OP's comment here: https://old.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/xwpd0o/unsw_researchers_have_shown_that_artificial/ir7qnvu/

Me selling the predictive software data to pharmaceutical companies and having the software make “optimal” SSRI recommendations to the optimal # of patients to maximize pharma profits

It's not a far tangent to go total "Minority Report" from here

How about we just invest more into mental health funding?? I bet that would reduce suicide too!

So it's supposed to save us from ourselves but yet doomed to kill us all!!!

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Shit where I live we have the best suicide prevention you could ask for. Someone calls the cops, they come out and kill you, that’s it….You can’t kill yourself, they will kill you first. And they’re fucking good at it.

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Obviously! But there's a labour shortage. You can't just throw money at stuff. (And I hate having to be an old man to realise this.)

Maybe AI dudes can help us by taking on some of the time-consuming and least requiring-of-a-person duties.

What happens ehen the AI finds out were all at least alittle suicidal? Will we still ignore mental health, or will opiums be automaticallly delivered to my door?

But how else are we going to monetize it? ☹️🤑

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