Inspiration
I believe we all have a duty to do something to leave a better world of heritage. The most efficient and fun way is mixing technology with social impact. Technology has revolutionized industries, businesses, and governments. Now it is time to revolutionize society as well. The year of 2019 is emerging as an opportunity for changes; technology is becoming more accessible and people are increasingly more connected.
What it does
HappyBot is a platform that identifies and engages with young people with depression and suicidal tendencies. Our goal is to contribute to the 1,400,000 suicide attempts in 2017 only in the U.S never be repeated, acting proactively preventing announced tragedies.
After working in projects with the community in general, we have noticed that young people between 15 and 20 years age in active school life do not share their feelings with relatives and friends, but they use the internet as an outlet. The result is an immense accumulation of relevant information about the youth's personality, which simply is not used.
How HappyBot Works HappyBot will apply AI in Twitter's data to identify if these individuals are going through put their own life in risk. The AI will extract relevant information from tweets, such as:
- Emotional range
- Entities
- Keywords
- Sentiment analysis
How I built it
Once identified, HappyBot will contact these individuals through Chabot conversations, suggesting alternative treatments according to the person's preferences, focused on healthy living practices (community groups, volunteer jobs, practicing sports, etc.)
The Artificial Intelligence engine categorizes thousands of data and shows the information to you in a simple and friendly screen, making it possible to navigate and search across the tweets.
Challenges I ran into
Extract value from unstructured data; Use public data to help people Engage young people (social media users) into their communities; Mental Health + Technology;
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Be able to reach out to people who are yelling for help in social media and try to engage them.
What I learned
Data is the new oil!!
What's next for Twitter Crawler
Develop a better UI application
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