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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
[...] Traditionally, linguistic analyses in this field have been carried out by researchers reading and taking notes. Nowadays, computerised text analysis methods allow the processing of extremely large data banks in minutes. This can help spot linguistic features which humans may miss, calculating the percentage prevalence of words and classes of words, lexical diversity, average sentence length, grammatical patterns and many other metrics.
[...] More interesting is the use of pronouns. Those with symptoms of depression use significantly more first person singular pronouns – such as “me”, “myself” and “I” – and significantly fewer second and third person pronouns – such as “they”, “them” or “she”. This pattern of pronoun use suggests people with depression are more focused on themselves, and less connected with others. Researchers have reported that pronouns are actually more reliable in identifying depression than negative emotion words.
[...] The style of language relates to how we express ourselves, rather than the content we express. Our lab recently conducted a big data text analysis of 64 different online mental health forums, examining over 6,400 members. “Absolutist words” – which convey absolute magnitudes or probabilities, such as “always”, “nothing” or “completely” – were found to be better markers for mental health forums than either pronouns or negative emotion words.
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(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 02 2019, @08:21AM (2 children)
I always thought the Magic 8 Ball was pretty accurate.
"Outlook not so good"
Their "AI" is practicing phrenology, reading tea leaves, the stars, whatever... on a computer. Call the patent office!
And they better watch out on that pronoun bullshit. It can get you into real trouble on campus and in the office these days.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday January 02 2019, @09:00AM (1 child)
I... I... I... don't think so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Funny) by bzipitidoo on Wednesday January 02 2019, @11:59AM
Many mental diagnoses rely upon the patient being unaware of the tests and criteria, so they can't consciously influence the results.
Does it mean your work is depressing if you sing "I owe, I owe, it's off to work I go"? Is Bill Wither's "Ain't No Sunshine" the love song with the most supremely depressing part because he sings "I know" 26 times in a row?