⚡️💬 NEW - Elon Musk advises young people against pursuing medical studies, which he considers useless. According to him, within three years, robots like Optimus will be better surgeons than any human on Earth, on a large scale.
https://blossom.primal.net/b30cbed4d93e47fefbec2e7d9509bf06be8ad074657e114a9edd800b9981db96.mp4
AI doctors, ai programmers... So how do we earn money? What future are they building for us?
Having seen what "AI programmers" produce, I'm not too worried about AI creating products and services IRL that are going to be competitive with human enterprise for quite some time yet...
But even if they could I still think it's a good thing because it drives costs down... Ultimately to near-zero, which is when you get to "post-scarcity society"
LOL just like full self driving on a Tesla has been "1 year away" for the past 7 years or so...
He's right in a narrow sense that robots will eventually do many surgeries, but I highly doubt it'll be *his* robots...
Tech is forcing the hardest part of evolution which may be to understand oneself. Out of the 5 human needs why are doctors doctors? We may need to learn to sit still and enjoy ourselves. I know a silent munk she has never directly assured my question but she seems happy to be still and quiet.
He’s gone further, stating that Optimus could handle “very sophisticated medical procedures, even things humans can’t do because they’re too difficult,” thanks to “superhuman precision” and AI-driven capabilities.
Let’s see what happens
No they won't
Performing surgery is such a small subset of medicine though?
And I definitely think most surgery will eventually be robot assisted, but the idea of it being 100% in 3 years is a regarded take.
But this is also coming from the guy who endlessly promises bullshit. He’s done some very impressive things, but I wouldn’t say his hit rate is very high.
A robot that can work in a hospital can also work in an Abattoir... Probably best if they didn't get their skill sets mixed up!
If they are physically capable of performing any minor surgery with slightly better precision, accuracy and speed than any human surgeon in 4 years, that’s probably an easy box to check. Yet, there will also be specialized non humanoid robots purpose built for surgery. For humanoid robots to be worth it, they will have to fit into the existing medical profession in a very seamless way and offer far more versatility than the specialized surgeon robots. If a surgeon has to stand next to the humanoid robot and babysit it in case it malfunctions during a surgery, then the surgeon will think they are better off doing it themselves. I think that slow adoption phase where the robots build trust and surgeons in the operating room adapt to working with them will take much longer.
