Comment on Robot performs first realistic surgery without human help: System trained on videos of surgeries performs like an expert surgeon

cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  yeah, it’s much better to have a towel left inside of you by a real human.

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• otp@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  If it were the only option, I’d gladly take it.

  I rely on robots to do a lot of other things in my life, directly and indirectly.

  Well, not many directly. But machines, definitely.

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  • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah it’s not like I refuse to drive my car because it wasn’t handcrafted by a human.

    It is an electrical fault on four wheels, but that’s just because it’s old.

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• echodot@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They obviously don’t feel comfortable with the robot doing surgery on humans just yet either which is why they’re not actually suggesting doing that yet. It will have to go through years and years of certification before that’s even considered.

  I’m sure most surgeries will still be conducted by humans but there are situations where one of these would be extremely helpful. Any situation where a surgeon isn’t currently accessible and can’t quickly get there. Remote communities, Disaster relief, Arctic research facilities, Starships trapped in the Delta quadrant, War zones, Ships at sea.

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  • Bluewing@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Do you think a 5 bed hospital will have the money to afford a robotic surgeon?

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    • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You assume an Antarctic research facility lacks funds?

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• Zacryon@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I trust a good machine much more than any human.

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  • qaz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Have you considered that the machine is made by a collection of humans?

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    • Zacryon@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yes. But if the machine has proven to work reliably it will usually do so for its lifetime, while humans are prone to e multitude of errors. Especially in the medical field.

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