XR/AR is already a pretty big part of everyday tech (especially social media and some video games/shopping apps). It isn’t going away and at some point we’ll all be wearing glasses (or something like that..). Yes, this particular post appears to be bullshit, but the general interest in this topic is based whether folks like it or not. No one wanted smart phones until we saw how useful they were and how they could enhance our lives. Same deal with the internet. XR might not change our lives in the next couple years, and certainly not in 2023. But give it a decade or two and shits gonna be a lot different. Just because meta is embarrassing itself and tech “journalists” are full of shit sometimes doesn’t mean it’s not happening

That’s a very life-like robot

Sorry, but no way doctors are replaced anytime soon. As someone designing these robots, I can guarantee you we very far away from that. These robots help surgeons be more precise, make surgeries quicker and help with planning, but they will not run surgeries by themselves in the foreseeable future.

I don’t think anyone is projecting AI/automation to replace pathologist wholesale, but it can certainly increase efficiency so fewer are needed per x number of patients. So while no one’s job is threatened currently, that’s the trend the other person is pointing out.

And I think you are grossly underestimating the difficulty of AI replacing drivers.

It may be a lot easier to train a human truck driver than a clinician but it’s far from trivial to make that same comparison for AI drivers and clinicians.

Ultra precise maps, real time software response with no slowing or freezing, pattern recognition in dark lighting, inclement weather, worn road signs, communications between AI vehicles, hackability are just a few that comes to mind. It’s much more like a generalist. The 10 years of education is probably an easier problem to solve than millions of years of evolutionary response.

Absolutely true, though macrumors .com doesn’t really appear to be a valid “news” source

yeah my grandma was diagnosed a year ago and the treatment is genuinely awful. I can’t remember exactly why but due to her treatment she can no longer produce saliva, meaning she will most likely never be able to eat dry foods again, as well as having a bunch of other issues now. It’s always so uplifting seeing advancements to really help patients :)

Yup, it will happen eventually but now isn’t the time quite yet.

It is

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They even added glasses! Nice touch.

You're literally lecturing a physician about his own job.

It used to, but it doesn't now. Not without better pay and benefits.

It looks like a new robot doing the same thing. The article doesn't have a ton of detail.

Buddy just stop. You clearly don’t know what you’re talking about.

I’ve read that doctors can actually remove more of the tumor using robotic surgery.

Jesus. You are literally just making up whatever you think sounds good.

Stop.

>> semi-autonomous

No. I'm an anesthesiologist. I went to medical school. I spent months scrubbed into surgeries, often with robots. I've sat at the control stations. I literally spend all day in operating rooms.

They are not semi-autonomous. They are zero autonomous. You don't know what you're talking about, at all, and you need to stop defending your 100% uninformed statement.

Surgical you are totally right! Clinical chemistry, pathology, and even aspects of oncology, not so sure I agree there is 0% automation.

Also the very fact that the robot in this article is operating in the patient is the definition of semi-autonomous which I would think is the first step

Throat gouging machine .

Short version: The throat surgeons who use this technology rarely remove the whole tumor. Then the patient needs radiation and/or chemotherapy to fix the residual. This happens in nearly 80% of those patients who undergo the robot surgery.

So, 3 treatments instead of 1 or 2.

I think if you were to go into your average hospital, you would obviously be right. But if you go to a more prestigious, larger, more specialized institution you will see a massive push with big money being spent on automation. This doesn’t mean they will be firing, or as you put it, replacing anybody.

This does mean there is a shift in how clinical labs and departments are trying to drive more throughput. They would rather spend on capital than headcount. This trend is reflected in the market report data.

The M1 MacBook were leaps and bounds better than anything else on the market. I mean I know it is a quasi -V1 product because it was all under the hood, but designing a new laptop is way easier than fundamentally launching a new platform.

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Couldnt talk afterwards tho

Lol. The robots are 0% autonomous. They are completely controlled by a surgeon sitting at a station with hand and foot controls and a 3d view screen.