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Don't worry everyone, we won't be seeing robotic surgeon's anytime soon, until the next time insurance companies look to enact cost cutting measures. Best guess
by Overtonwindow 11y ago
Don't worry everyone, we won't be seeing robotic surgeon's anytime soon, until the next time insurance companies look to enact cost cutting measures. Best guess, in the next few years. If you can still afford insurance then...
- jonknee 11y agoThe horror of getting stuck with a cheaper and better robot!
- enraged_camel 11y ago>>cheaper and better Those two adjectives don't often belong together.
- hasenj 11y agoReally? Today's computers are cheaper and better than computers were in the eighties.
- enraged_camel 11y agoYou are missing the context. Advancements in computer technology were a result of research and development, not someone ruthlessly cutting costs.
- stickfigure 11y agoThese are symbiotic. The research and development pays off because somebody else is willing to ruthlessly buy the new, cheaper/better option instead of the safe traditional choice. Mainframes gave way to minicomputers which gave way to microcomputers which gave way to laptops and now to mobiles.
- threatofrain 11y agoThere are many tasks that machines do today that humans will never outcompete again, and they do it at a superior intersection of benefits and costs. Using a heuristic like that is too lazy and brittle here.
- Joof 11y agoThe only people worried are the surgeons. I'd love a robot that doesn't get tired after pulling a long night shift.