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Call me an old-fashioned geezer, but the galloping speed in which AI is outsmarting us stirs an ominous fear that we’ve unleashed something that’ll soon overtake us. We humans are blind-sighted, if not completely blind and daft. Too soon, we’ve forgotten how deep we dug into our pockets and almost drilled holes into them to educate our children; naïvely trusting them, like we are with robots, in the hopes they’d make our lives easier. We also thought, foolishly, that the mobile phone would bring the world to our fingertips. Well, life did get somewhat better, or did we just enslave ourselves to our duties and our gadgets? However, since you and I don’t have as loud and booming voice like the powers that be, who should now sound-off the inventors and the companies to stop pumping more know-how into the robots, we should actually deactivate and plunk them along with those still on the pipeline into one craft and send them hurtling on a one-way voyage to the ends of the universe. Wherever that may be.
Yes, I’m undeniably a scaredy-cat, but this AI foreboding isn’t mine alone. I vividly conceptualised it back in the then-futurist science fiction Western film West world. The 1973 film follows guests visiting a highly realistic adult interactive amusement park, populated with lifelike androids that unexpectedly go rogue. And who better to have portrayed this penetrating role but Yul Brynner, the acclaimed actor known for his commanding presence. He was equally renowned for his distinctive bald head, which lent him an aura of authority and intensity that was needed for the role.
A human; first choice
I would want a human, maybe with the help of a robot. Although AI technology is very advanced, it would be very uncomfortable to depend on a robot 100 percent.
I wouldn’t opt to have any form of surgery because I have lived long enough despite the many medical problems I have. I’m tired of fighting and don’t want my kid to bear the heavy burden of my surgery. I appreciate and am very grateful for all that they have done for me till now, and I rest easy knowing they are capable of taking care of themselves.
I would go for a doctor since robots are made and programmed by humans anyway. Maybe I’d let the surgeon decide, as it is case by case.
Nowadays, the line between human surgery and robotic surgery is blurred, with doctors interacting and coordinating with the robots. I assume that the universities and medical schools training doctors to perform surgery through robots must have vetted these procedures thoroughly and are strictly following the government’s guidelines. So, I’d let the doctor I trust decide!
Robots in the presence of doctors.
Precision, robot.
Maybe I’m still old-school. But human. Robots are programmed by humans and both can and will make mistakes. One can only cross one’s finger.
In case, heaven forbid, I needed a complicated surgery, I most likely would opt for a combination of both—a human surgeon using robotic-assisted technology. Robots offer precision, minimal invasiveness, and reduced recovery times, bu a skilled human surgeon provides judgment, adaptability, and decision-making in unexpected situations. If it were a straightforward procedure where robotic surgery has proven superior outcomes (like certain prostate or heart surgeries), I’d lean toward the robot. But for something complex or unpredictable, I’d want an experienced human leading and guiding the way.
I don’t know much about it, but I do believe that the robots are controlled by humans.
I guess it depends on whether the hospital is modern enough to own the best, experienced robotics.
Would look into the standard of the technology at the hospital or if the surgeon is exceptionally specialised.
I can only summarise after extensive research on its affordability and the delicacy of the needed surgery.