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A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, responded to and learned from voice commands from the team—like a novice surgeon working with a mentor.

The robot performed unflappably across trials and with the expertise of a skilled human surgeon, even during unexpected scenarios typical in real life medical emergencies.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (13 children)

See the part that I dont like is that this is a learning algorithm trained on videos of surgeries.

That's such a fucking stupid idea. Thats literally so much worse than letting surgeons use robot arms to do surgeries as your primary source of data and making fine tuned adjustments based on visual data in addition to other electromagnetic readings

[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago (8 children)

That's such a fucking stupid idea.

Care to elaborate why?

From my point of view I don't see a problem with that. Or let's say: the potential risks highly depend on the specific setup.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Imagine if the Tesla autopilot without lidar that crashed into things and drove on the sidewalk was actually a scalpel navigating your spleen.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Absolutely stupid example because that kind of assumes medical professionals have the same standard as Elon Musk.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Elon Musk literally owns a medical equipment company that puts chips in peoples brains, nothing is sacred unless we protect it.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 0 points 9 hours ago

Into volunteers it's not standard practise to randomly put a chip in your head.

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