How Facebook Is Saving Lives

>> FACEBOOK IS TESTING OUT NEW AI SOFTWARE THAT WILL HELP
PREVENT SUICIDAL USERS FROM
CARRYING OUT A PLAN.
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE THREEFOLD APPROACH
THEY ARE TAKING.
THE SECOND THING THEY ARE ROLLING OUT
IS
THIS.
I THINK THIS IS REALLY AWESOME THEY ARE ROLLING THIS
OUT.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE WE RECEIVED A LOT OF
THESE FACEBOOK ñ THE TECHNOLOGY CAN BE ABUSIVE AND BE ABUSED BY
PEOPLE IN THE COMMENT SESSION OR PEOPLE THAT ARE FEELING LONELY
OR VULNERABLE SEEKING A CONNECTION.
SOMETIMES IT IS HARD
TO FIND A TANGIBLE CONNECTION.
YOU ARE TALKING TO PEOPLE BUT
NOT REALLY.
I THINK THIS IS GOOD IN HELPING PEOPLE WHO ARE
FEELING LONELY AND ISOLATED, GET
THE HELP THEY NEED.
I WONDER HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK WITH AI
TECHNOLOGY.
I WANT TO SEE HOW
THE ROLLOUT GOES.
I HAVE BEEN SAID BEFORE AND I WONDER WHAT
THE INTENTION IS BEHIND THIS, HOW IS IT GOING TO TEST AT
WHICH LANGUAGE IS DEFINITELY SUICIDAL AND WHICH LANGUAGE IS
YOUR STANDARD DEPRESSED GRACE LANGUAGE?
>> IT'S A LITTLE DISCONCERTED IF FACEBOOK IS LIKE, "ARE YOU OKAY
BUDDY?"
I'M SURE THEY ARE COLLECTING INFORMATION ON YOU
ALL THE TIME WHEN YOU ARE USING IT.
EVERYONE I HAVE MET AT
FACEBOOK SEEMS TO BE ñ IT IS LIKE NOT THE EVIL COMPANY.
THIS
IS HEARTENING AS OPPOSED TO
DISHEARTENING.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE KIND OF THING.
I CAN'T FIND A
PROBLEM WITH THAT.
WATCHING THE ROLLOUT, WHAT SPECIFIC THINGS
ARE THEY LOOKING FOR WHEN YOU
ENCOUNTER A COMPANY ñ THESE COMPANIES USE TRIAL AND ERROR AS
A WAY TO FORTIFY THEIR SYSTEM AS IT LEARNS OFF OF MAKING
MISTAKES.
THE INTENTION SEEMS GREAT AND I HOPE IT IS A SUCCESSFUL
PROGRAM BECAUSE THAT GOAL SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD ONE.
>> IN THESE STORIES, THE ONLINE COMMUNITY IS ALWAYS SUPER
SKEPTICAL.
IF THEY FIND OUT SOMEONE IS DEPRESSED, SELDOM
SOME XANAX, SUPER OBVIOUS.
I'M KIDDING.
I'M BOTHERED BY THEM
JUDGING MY MOODS TOO MUCH.
I AM NOT A DEPRESSED DUDE, SO I DON'T
KNOW.
WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS A DOWNER?
>> YOU SEEM LIKE YOU ARE TOO HAPPY, LET'S FIX THAT.
>> REPORTING PEOPLE ñ IT IS GOING TO CREATE SOME ISSUES NO
QUESTION.
THEY WILL OVERREPORT AND THE ALGORITHM IS GOING TO
PICK UP PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ACTUALLY SUICIDAL AND THAT WILL
BECOME NEWS.
BUT OVERALL I AGREE, I THINK THEY ARE TRYING
TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND I THINK IT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE
HELPFUL AND EVEN SAVE A COUPLE
OF LIVES.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS THEY WILL BE IMPERFECT SO CUT
THEM A LITTLE BIT OF SLACK.
IF
IT TURNS OUT IT'S A DEBACLE AND GRACE WAS IN THE MOOD FOR A
LITTLE RED WINE AT HOME ñ
>>EVERY NIGHT.
>> FOR THIS WHEN I READ THIS THERE IS PART OF ME THAT JUST
WANTS TO BE LIKE, IF YOU USE IT LONG ENOUGH, FACEBOOK, IT MAKES
EVERYONE SUICIDAL.
THERE IS A TON OF WAYS WE CAN
IMPROVE PEOPLE'S LIVES.
>> FACEBOOK HAS BECOME SUCH A GREAT TOOL FOR PEOPLE THAT
HAVEN'T MET.
I LOVE THIS FROM THE OUTREACH FROM THE FRIENDS.
I
AM HESITANT FROM THE OUTREACH
FROM A CORPORATION OR A COMPANY.
WE WILL SEE HOW THAT ROLLS OUT.
I DO LIKE HOW INVOLVING FRIENDS, AND PEOPLE YOU CHAT WITH, IF
THEY NOTICE BIZARRE BEHAVIORS ñ I HAVE NOTICED BIZARRE UPLOADS
FROM FRIENDS BEFORE AND I HAVE WANTED TO REACH OUT TO THEM.
IT
IS NICE THAT FACEBOOK IS SAYING YOU SHOULD DO THAT AND YOU
SHOULD BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT
THIS.
LET US HELP YOU GIVE YOU THE TOOLS TO HOPE THAT FRIEND.
>> THIS DEFINITELY SEEMS LIKE A COMPANY TRYING TO ADDRESS
CERTAIN PROBLEMS THAT HAVE JUST ARISEN ABOUT THE NATURE OF
SERVICES ONLINE.
SOMETHING FACEBOOK HAS DONE IS ALLOW
PEOPLE TO BE REALLY MEAN TO YOU ALL THE TIME WITHOUT YOU BEING
ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.
FACEBOOK SEEMS TO
HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE ARE
WAYS THAT THEIR PRODUCTS ñ THE FLOGGING PROCEDURE, A LOT OF
PEOPLE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH IT.
THEY ARE ASKING QUESTIONS LIKE
WHY ARE YOU POLICING.
I THINK FACEBOOK HAS BEEN PRETTY
RESPONSIBLE AND THE WAY THEY HAVE ALLOWED YOU TO FLAG THINGS,
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY
DISAPPEARED.
THEY GO UNDER REVIEW.
THEY ALLOW IT TO BE
PROPERLY VETTED TO FIND OUT IF THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE
BEING FLAGGED ARE ACTUALLY
DANGEROUS AND NEFARIOUS.

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