Marc, what you speak of is the knowledge, and experience of a surgeon. I think we can agree that a robot can hold FAR more knowledge Then you or I.
They also said this robot had helped in other surgeries before. That means that it WOULD be able to stop the unexpected. All you'd need to do it make a robot learn enough and experience enough, then copy all of it into other robots.
I suppose you could also set up a network, where they share each other's surgeries. Before too long, these robots would all know much more then any human.
It's not like they would ever lose something inside the patient:
The human brain can hold more information than all the libraries in the world. Not to mention, have you ever had an "Unexpected Error occured, quitting" message? I know that's not going to happen to the robot (hopefully?) but that shows the extent of a machine's ability to deal with the expected.
All I'm saying is, there won't be surgeons leaving this thing on its own for a while, and there wont ever be one of those poking at MY insides. Good old fashioned surgeons for me, with a Junior Mint for good measure (Sienfeld).
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Marc, what you speak of is the knowledge, and experience of a surgeon. I think we can agree that a robot can hold FAR more knowledge Then you or I.
They also said this robot had helped in other surgeries before. That means that it WOULD be able to stop the unexpected. All you'd need to do it make a robot learn enough and experience enough, then copy all of it into other robots.
I suppose you could also set up a network, where they share each other's surgeries. Before too long, these robots would all know much more then any human.
It's not like they would ever lose something inside the patient:
http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/19/rfid-to-prevent-loss-of-surgical-sponges-inside-patients/
I think this is a great oppourtunity for humanity.
oh contraire
The human brain can hold more information than all the libraries in the world. Not to mention, have you ever had an "Unexpected Error occured, quitting" message? I know that's not going to happen to the robot (hopefully?) but that shows the extent of a machine's ability to deal with the expected.
"Error 37118: unexpected bleeding occured, stitching patient up"
All I'm saying is, there won't be surgeons leaving this thing on its own for a while, and there wont ever be one of those poking at MY insides. Good old fashioned surgeons for me, with a Junior Mint for good measure (Sienfeld).
But hey, if it saves one life, it's worth it.