"It's the man, not the machine."* - Chuck Yeager * "Without me, my rifle is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless."** It's the man and the machine together

"It's the man, not the machine."* - Chuck Yeager * "Without me, my rifle is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless."** It's the man and the machine together as a super-organism. ** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifleman%27s_Creed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifleman%27s_Creed Disclaimer: I played with a Da Vinci prototype sewing grapes but I'm definitely no surgeon. My hands shake more than someone with Parkinson's. I cannot fathom subsequent generations of refinements in steadier hands with surgical experience. Clarke's third law applies here. Although, I wonder before how long AI and mechatronics will receive credit for simple veterinary surgeries as a testbed on the path to a truly miraculous, sci-fi "surgical chamber".