Suwon Develops Generative AI-Based Early Prevention System for High-Risk Isolated Youth...Nation's First

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon Special-Status City announced on the 8th that it will become the first local government in the nation to establish a generative AI-based early prevention system for high-risk isolated youth.

Generative AI is an artificial intelligence technology that creates new similar content by utilizing existing content such as text, audio, and images.

The city was selected in April for the "2024 Digital Social Issue Resolution Project Competition" overseen by the Ministry of Science and ICT (entrusted to the Korea Intelligence Information Society Promotion Agency). It plans to select a contractor in September, construct the system from October through February next year, and begin pilot service from March next year.

The "Generative AI-Based Early Prevention System for High-Risk Isolated Youth" that the city submitted is a service that manages and supports youth and young adults in crisis isolation from the youth stage onward to enable continuous support through isolation escape and recovery from social withdrawal. This project is jointly overseen with Hwaseong City, collaborating from system construction through implementation.

The early prevention system's main components include △generative AI-based empathetic counseling service △learning data construction △customized exercise kiosk.

The city plans to establish a system that reduces isolation and disconnection among youth and young adults, encouraging them to act positively and participate in social activities to support crisis prevention. The total project budget is 1.2 billion won.

The "generative AI-based empathetic counseling service" utilizes generative AI to provide counseling services to high-risk isolated youth that feel similar to conversation rather than survey format. It analyzes relevant content and patterns to diagnose user status and analyze counseling intent.

Based on generative AI-based counseling results, Suwon City Youth and Young Adults Foundation and other operating institutions provide guidance on face-to-face counseling and online/offline activity programs to support isolated youth's external activities.

"Learning data construction" involves establishing training data for generative AI-based counseling and diagnosis, while "customized exercise kiosk" uses multimedia learning (exercise) kiosks to provide personalized exercise guidance for youth and young adults.

A city official stated, "We view youth isolation and social withdrawal not as individual issues but as social concerns, and will provide AI-technology based public services for isolated and withdrawn youth in welfare blind spots. We will support effective solutions to the problems faced by high-risk isolated youth."