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Robot performs first realistic surgery without human help: System trained on videos of surgeries performs like an expert surgeon (hub.jhu.edu)
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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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[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Fringe cases yes, like rare conditions. It almost certainly won't be able to handle something completely unexpected.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The AI will (probably) be familiar with every possible issue that no human will be able to match.
I'm not sure what kind of "completely unexpected" situation is possible can happen, that a normal surgeon would handle better?
But I agree it would have to be a lot smarter than current LLM and self driving for instance. Like a whole other level of smarter. But I think that is where we are heading.

[–] watty@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

I think you make a mistake of thinking that our collective body of knowledge is exhaustive. We discover new things all the time. Until we know everything (i.e. never), there will be gaps that AI will not be able to accommodate.

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Would it be able to handle a sudden power outage? A fire alarm going off?

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

What happens to an ecmo machine during a power outage or fire alarm?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extracorporeal_membrane_oxygenation

The idea should be to augment healthcare professionals with tools they can use. The hospital will need to have contingencies in place. I agree if that your point is that we can’t replace people with machines. But we can increase effectiveness with them.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago

As well as a human, and without fucking up because of stress.
Also my guess is these would be monitored by trained professionals.