The most common STIs are spreading all too quickly among teenagers and 20-somethings. Yet, it’s entirely preventable. There are plenty of reasons for the rampant spread — a lack of education and resources, for starters. Public health awareness still has a long way to go. And it doesn’t help that the communities that need health awareness the most are often also...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an ubiquitous part of our daily lives. Particularly and inextricably, AI is linked to our online lives. Your every click and post is being mined by increasingly sophisticated algorithms. Whenever you search for something online, AI is there. AI helps us more successfully navigate real world traffic not just online traffic. And by helping us find information quickly or navigate city streets more effectively, it is easy to appreciate how AI can make our lives better sometimes. And there are some in the tech world who...
Suicide is an act of violence whose roots are often impenetrable. Depression, physical illness, financial despair, loneliness, impulsivity — we can’t truly know what mix of factors leads someone to end their life.
But what if this complicated human impulse could be prevented through the cold logic of artificial intelligence?
According to a recent blog post by the Online MSW program at...
Computer scientists, social work researchers and academics from other fields recently gathered at USC to discuss the potential of AI to make the world a better place.
Researchers from USC Center for AI for Society (CAIS) have created two algorithms that are over 150 percent more effective in spreading public health information than the method currently used by social service agencies. CAIS is a joint research project between USC Viterbi School of Engineering and the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. These algorithms identify influential peer leaders in order to share HIV prevention information in real-world peer networks and to facilitate peer-to-peer interventions with homeless youth.
There are nearly 2 million youth who spend at least one night homeless each year in the United States. An estimated 7 percent of homeless youth are likely to be HIV positive.
Researchers from the USC Center for AI for Society (CAIS), a joint research initiative between the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, have developed algorithms that are over 150 percent more effective in spreading public health information...
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