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Robot performs first realistic surgery without human help: System trained on videos of surgeries performs like an expert surgeon (hub.jhu.edu)

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A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, responded to and learned from voice commands from the team—like a novice surgeon working with a mentor.

The robot performed unflappably across trials and with the expertise of a skilled human surgeon, even during unexpected scenarios typical in real life medical emergencies.

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[-] [email protected] 95 points 3 days ago

Good, now add jailtime for the ceo if something goes wrong, then we'll have a very safe tech.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

know what? let's just skip the middleman and have the CEO undergo the same operation. you know like the taser company that tasers their employees.

can't have trust in a product unless you use the product.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

TASER uses their products on their employees? Lol that's wild

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

you don't know the half of it.

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/axon-taser-exposures/

Shawn Gorman, a lawyer who worked at Axon until 2019, said the company had a high-pressure culture of loyalty, unlike anything he has seen in nearly two decades of practice.

“It was truly toxic,” he said.

this is an employee and her mother getting tased at one of these events.

fucked up yo

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