An Algorithm May Decide Who Gets Suicide Prevention

A recent study on Google’s search results raises questions about the faith we put in algorithms — and the tech companies that use them

Jake Pitre
OneZero
Published in
5 min readMay 23, 2019

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ToTo anyone unfamiliar with the suffocating feeling of suicidal ideation, the significance of a phone call with a stranger might seem dubious. In that…

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Jake Pitre
OneZero

A very sensitive piece of horse flesh. Writer for Polygon, Hazlitt, etc. Grad student.