Can AI spot harmful health side effects on social media?

“Help me please … I can’t calm down without laying on the ground and freaking out for a good 20 minutes … Should I get medical help?”

This plea came from a post on the social media site Reddit. The person who posted the question had been having panic attacks for several days after smoking marijuana. Usually, this type of post goes unnoticed by people working in public health. But in a recent experiment, an AI tool was paying attention.

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