Facebook's AI Suicide Prevention Tool Can Save Lives, But The Company Won't Say How It Works

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School of Interactive Computing Assistant Professor Munmun De Choudhury commended Facebook for focusing on suicide prevention in this article by Mashable, but noted that she would like the social media company to be more transparent about its algorithms. Transparency is vital to instilling trust, she said.

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Munmun De Choudhury, Facebook, artificial intelligence, social computing, suicide prevention
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  • Created On: Nov 29, 2017 - 11:18am
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