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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    17 hours ago

    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.

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        13 hours ago

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