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Surgical robots take step towards fully autonomous operations

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A robot might perform your next surgery

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AI-trained robots 'to be undertaking surgery on humans in the coming years' after success with PIGS

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When will the first fully autonomous surgery or procedure be performed on a human?

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Yoshua Bengio

Demis Hassabis

Melanie Mitchell

Stuart Russell

Sam Altman

Dario Amodei

Geoffrey Hinton

Yann LeCun

Gary Marcus

Max Tegmark

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Society is more likely to get "cat-level" or "dog-level" AI years before human-level AI.

"[W]e will eventually reach AGI... and quite possibly before the end of this century."

"Superhuman AIs" will be achieved "between a few years and a couple of decades."

"Digital intelligence" could overtake us within "5 to 20 years."

We may achieve "something like AGI or AGI-like in the next decade."

"[W]e could get to real AGI in the next decade."

"Human-level" AI could occur in "two or three years."

"I'd be surprised if we don't have AGI by [2029]."

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Norbert Wiener

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Claude Shannon

Hans Moravec

John Smart

There's a "wall of fear-mongering and doomerism" in the AI world right now.

"Worrying about AI today is like worrying about overpopulation on Mars."

Concerns that AI could pose a threat to humanity is "preposterously ridiculous."

Claiming AI poses an existential threat is "such an extreme" and risks "wip[ing] out some of its potential benefits."

"I'm more concerned about... the risks that are here and now [than the existential threat of AI]."

Current AI is "not anywhere close" to posing an existential threat but it could in the future.

AI is the "biggest existential threat" to humanity.

AGI's worst-case scenario would be "lights-out for all of us."

Powerful AI systems "taking control" pose an "existential threat."

AI has a "10 to 25 per cent" chance of destroying humanity.

"The most likely result of building a superhumanly smart AI... is that literally everyone on Earth will die."

Does AI Pose an Existential Threat to Humanity?

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Johns Hopkins University researchers have developed a surgical robot called SRT-H that successfully performed gallbladder removal procedures on pig cadavers with 100% accuracy across eight trials, completing 17 complex surgical tasks — including identifying ducts and arteries, placing clips, and cutting tissue with scissors.

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Johns Hopkins University researchers have developed a surgical robot called SRT-H that successfully performed gallbladder removal procedures on pig cadavers with 100% accuracy across eight trials, completing 17 complex surgical tasks — including identifying ducts and arteries, placing clips, and cutting tissue with scissors.

According to their study published in the journal Science Robotics, the robot was trained using videos of human surgeons performing gallbladder removals — with captions describing each task — and utilized the same machine learning architecture that powers ChatGPT to respond to voice commands and learn from feedback in real-time during operations.

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According to their study published in the journal Science Robotics, the robot was trained using videos of human surgeons performing gallbladder removals — with captions describing each task — and utilized the same machine learning architecture that powers ChatGPT to respond to voice commands and learn from feedback in real-time during operations.

Unlike previous surgical robots that required specially marked tissue and predetermined surgical plans, SRT-H adapted to anatomical variations and unexpected scenarios, including changes in starting position and blood-like dyes that altered tissue appearance.

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Unlike previous surgical robots that required specially marked tissue and predetermined surgical plans, SRT-H adapted to anatomical variations and unexpected scenarios, including changes in starting position and blood-like dyes that altered tissue appearance.

The robot took approximately five minutes and 17 seconds to complete the procedure compared to four minutes for human surgeons but demonstrated movements that were smoother and more precise than human operators while maintaining expert-level surgical performance.

The robot took approximately five minutes and 17 seconds to complete the procedure compared to four minutes for human surgeons but demonstrated movements that were smoother and more precise than human operators while maintaining expert-level surgical performance.

The federally funded research is an advancement from the team's previous 2022 STAR robot, which performed the first autonomous surgery on a live pig but required highly controlled conditions and rigid, predetermined plans.

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The federally funded research is an advancement from the team's previous 2022 STAR robot, which performed the first autonomous surgery on a live pig but required highly controlled conditions and rigid, predetermined plans.

Researchers plan to expand the system's capabilities to perform complete autonomous surgeries and test it on live animals, where breathing and bleeding could complicate the surgery.

Researchers plan to expand the system's capabilities to perform complete autonomous surgeries and test it on live animals, where breathing and bleeding could complicate the surgery.

This is a revolutionary leap toward safer, more accessible healthcare. This robot's 100% success rate and ability to adapt to real-world surgical complications demonstrate that AI can match expert human performance, reduce surgical errors, and expand access to quality care in underserved areas.

This is a revolutionary leap toward safer, more accessible healthcare. This robot's 100% success rate and ability to adapt to real-world surgical complications demonstrate that AI can match expert human performance, reduce surgical errors, and expand access to quality care in underserved areas.

Autonomous robot surgeon removes organs with 100% success rate

Robot performs first realistic surgery without human help

Techno-optimist narrative

While impressive, significant safety concerns remain before human trials can begin. The robot required self-correction six times per case and needed human intervention to change instruments, raising questions about reliability in life-threatening situations where split-second decisions matter most.

While impressive, significant safety concerns remain before human trials can begin. The robot required self-correction six times per case and needed human intervention to change instruments, raising questions about reliability in life-threatening situations where split-second decisions matter most.

Techno-skeptic narrative

There's a 50% chance that the first fully autonomous surgery or procedure will be performed on a human by December 2032, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

There's a 50% chance that the first fully autonomous surgery or procedure will be performed on a human by December 2032, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

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Hinton

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Amodei

Musk

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Li

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Hinton

Amodei

Yudkowsky

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