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Technology itself is the invention of machines that exceed human capability. That's why even though surgeons still sometimes cut with obsidian blades, those bla
by duped 2y ago
Technology itself is the invention of machines that exceed human capability. That's why even though surgeons still sometimes cut with obsidian blades, those blades are honed by other machines and not human hands.
Robotics are already used in surgery and exceed the capabilities of the hands of the surgical team that control it. It's not a stretch to see where that goes in the future.
What's troubling is that AI is not better than human brains today. It's especially good at being wrong, and making shit up. We don't want whatever tech bros call "AI" guiding surgical robots making up their own procedures when they see a spinal column that looks different from their training set.
- yawpitch 2y agoUh, just so you know, you cannot “hone” obsidian, in the sense of making it any sharper, the edge is produced by a stress fracture, not by sharpening. Also quite a lot of the world’s obsidian scalpels are still made via what is essentially just Stone Age flint knapping.