At Seoul's bridge control center, AI helps stop 99% of suicide attempts - The Korea Times
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For most Seoul residents, the Han River is a place for evening strolls, picnics and a brief respite from city life. But for Kim Jun-young, chief of...

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.

  • acido@feddit.itEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I am not very uplifted to be honest since the same technology and devices can be used for large scale surveillance.

    • justsomeguy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      3 days ago

      There’s also the issue of adaptation. There’s articles now explaining this technology which means if I’m in South Korea and I want to jump off a bridge I know I’ll have to do it quickly or otherwise they’ll come and get me. For some this might be the added pressure they need to go through with it.

      Ultimately the best way to prevent suicide is to make life worth living and provide support for those who are in a mental health crisis. Neither of those things are going well in SK and AI surveillance won’t fix that either.

    • teft@piefed.socialEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      Which they mention in the article:

      The center’s reach extends beyond rescue. The system supports filtered searches by gender, age and clothing type — a search for “April 29, male, Mapo,” for example, pulls up footage of every adult male who crossed Mapo Bridge that day, helping police map the movement routes of suspects. All data is strictly managed under the Personal Information Protection Act and deleted after one month.

      Emphasis mine. Who thinks they actually delete those records?