Smartphone glowing with a red heart and pulse signals, symbolizing AI suicide-prevention alerts and the Bridge Protocol.
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đź”´ The Red Light Bridge: A Proposal to Make Phones Interrupt Suicide Spirals

AI is already in the room when people are in crisis—but right now, all it does is whisper a hotline number. That isn’t enough. In this post, I propose a simple, visible safeguard: phones that flash red when suicidal language is detected. A blinking light that interrupts secrecy, breaks the trance, and reminds us that some moments are too serious to stay hidden.

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