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- Jul 7, 2019
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Machine learning algorithm predicts risk for suicide attempt
A machine learning algorithm that predicts suicide attempt recently underwent a prospective trial at the institution where it was developed, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Imagine going to the emergency room for reasons completely unrelated to mental health, then you get visited by a psychiatrist because an algorithm told them that you may be in a high risk suicide group. All without your consent, as is almost always the case when they deem you a danger to yourself or likely to make decisions about your own life.
Now imagine the same but in more authoritarian countries, or in the authoritarian future that is inevitable for most countries, where this could mean wellness checks, forced prescriptions of "medicine" or even lower social credit scores.
The implications of this kind of technologies are extremely grim.