This is absurd. This robot is fine for simple surgeries, but when some diseased vasculature ruptures unexpectedly, is the robot going to stop the bleeding as a surgeon can? What about that rare appendectomy when the appendix is actually found on the patient's left side? The value of a surgeon is not in his steady hands, but in dealing with the unexpected. This, a robot will never be able to do as well as a human.
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This is absurd. This robot is fine for simple surgeries, but when some diseased vasculature ruptures unexpectedly, is the robot going to stop the bleeding as a surgeon can? What about that rare appendectomy when the appendix is actually found on the patient's left side? The value of a surgeon is not in his steady hands, but in dealing with the unexpected. This, a robot will never be able to do as well as a human.