Marc Bouffard is right. As surgeons, we don't do procedures as if it's a simple line of steps that works for all complications. Rather we are expected to know what to do just in case something abnormal or unexpected happens. Sure, we are trained to know a lot of procedures but in the end we are expected to adapt and think of a new step to correct something that wasn't taught to us. If being a surgeon is something programmable then anybody can be a surgeon.
Robots will only do what is inputted to them. So when a complication is not in their programming, they don't know what to do. A network of procedures might help but it's still in the surgeon's discretion and experience whether or not it'll work for her case.
You don't become a surgeon because your hands are precise; you become a surgeon because your mind can devise. And your brain can decide what will help save a life.
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Marc Bouffard is right. As surgeons, we don't do procedures as if it's a simple line of steps that works for all complications. Rather we are expected to know what to do just in case something abnormal or unexpected happens. Sure, we are trained to know a lot of procedures but in the end we are expected to adapt and think of a new step to correct something that wasn't taught to us. If being a surgeon is something programmable then anybody can be a surgeon.
Robots will only do what is inputted to them. So when a complication is not in their programming, they don't know what to do. A network of procedures might help but it's still in the surgeon's discretion and experience whether or not it'll work for her case.
You don't become a surgeon because your hands are precise; you become a surgeon because your mind can devise. And your brain can decide what will help save a life.