About a suicide capsule maker's plan to use AI instead of psychiatrists to assess mental capacity.
Has this happened?
Yes 10 (7%)Not sure 36 (26%)No 92 (67%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Hacker News has set AI a lot of challenges over the years. Which ones has it met?
About a suicide capsule maker's plan to use AI instead of psychiatrists to assess mental capacity.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Our aim is to develop an artificial intelligence screening system to establish the person’s mental capacity.
Please let me know when this is done, I am very curious how one would implement such a thing. How can an AI determine if the person is in a "clear" state of mind? What does it even mean? Can they actually define this mental capacity that a person must be in to be able to make the choice? They have to define it, and then they have to somehow turn it into something that the computer can understand and work with. I believe that it is not possible.