Established in 2021, the center uses artificial intelligence (AI) for comprehensive emergency response, monitoring 900 CCTV cameras across 17 of Seoul’s 21 pedestrian-accessible Han River bridges. Beyond suicide prevention, its most frequent task, the center also handles criminal tracking, traffic accidents and drug enforcement.
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Much of that credit goes to AI, which triggers an alarm if an object identified as a person remains for more than 300 seconds in a bridge’s “loitering zones,” sections where people are able to stand for extended periods.
So do the people attempting suicide get help after the ai detects them, otherwise wouldn’t the person just attempt suicide somewhere else?
I’ve always read that suicide is usually an impulse decision, and if you can block the attempt, many people won’t try again.
https://www.npr.org/2008/07/08/92319314/in-suicide-prevention-its-method-not-madness
That’s interesting. From what I understand people who commit self harm often do it multiple times, so I assumed it was the same for suicide
It’s why when the UK brought limits on the amount of Paracetamol you could buy in a single transaction in the early 00s the amount of self positioning from it dropped massively. You would think that people would just go to the next shop down the road or come back later in the day.
Huge middle finger to these people would probably be to get a fine for attempting suicide in the first place.