Submitted 8 months ago by cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/07/experimental-surgery-performed-by-ai-driven-surgical-robot/
The article is very unclear on the kind of model they used. Several mentions of ChatGPT, but it doesn’t really sound like they used an LLM.
I really hope it’s not an LLM, this is a perfect case for specialized models trained just for surgery. I really wouldn’t want my surgeon to invent stuff when it doesn’t know what to do.
We’ve seen this coming ever since machine leaning has been on the public’s radar. The current davinci robot are always wired directly to Intuitive, ostensibly so that their support team can help resolve faults mid-surgery asap.
Every input the surgeon makes is recorded. Intuitive has millions of surgeries of training data.
I’d absolutely hate to put the decision making of my own surgery in the hands of the bullshit generators we call ‘AI’, but I could say the same about some of the surgeons I’ve worked with too… If I really had to choose which one I distrust the least, I’d probably just ask my anesthesiologist to load me up with ‘i don’t give a fuck’ drugs and choose whichever option is cheaper.
Now this is the kind of AI application that’s actually productive, would improve the lives of many if widely adopted and help with coping with demographic crises around the world.
Imagine having an llm perform surgery on you and then there is a network outage. 😂
No thanks
Etterra@discuss.online 8 months ago
See this is a use case for AI that actually makes sense. LLMs are just trash. Like the ones that Wendy’s drive throughs have now. The manager did confirm that you can ask for a human though. I didn’t blame her or tell or anything, I know it’s a stupid corporate decision that probably got some useless executive a bonus they didn’t fucking deserve.