A surgical robot has successfully completed a crucial part of a gallbladder removal surgery without any human involvement, representing a major advancement toward fully autonomous surgical procedures. (www.science.org)

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[-] Lugh@futurology.today -1 points 4 weeks ago

It seems logical they would test it on extracted gall bladders first. Finding a gall bladder during surgery seems far from an insurmountable task for AI.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

The article doesn't mention AI, but only a "framework" basically for moving.

Are you one of those who thinks "AI" will just solve lots of stuff?

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

A cholecystectomy is removing a gall bladder...

So how crucial could a step be on the gall bladder after it was removed?

They're not removing healthy ones for transplants, it's something done on literal medical waste.

Finding a gall bladder during surgery seems far from an insurmountable task for AI.

It is incredibly difficult...

There is a shit ton of human variation, shits just crammed wherever and it all pretty much looks the same. We still beat AI by selecting traffic lights in a picture....

Analyzing a scan? Yeah, that's AI all day.

Real life? A human will keep winning for decades.

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