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I'll believe that when a robot can, for example, euthanise and dissect a rat to extract a specific part of a specific tissue, without mistakes or contamination.
by geographomics 12y ago
I'll believe that when a robot can, for example, euthanise and dissect a rat to extract a specific part of a specific tissue, without mistakes or contamination. There's a lot of lab work that would need some pretty advanced AI to replace human control.
- mubhij 12y agoGive the rat a label that binds specifically to those tissues and guide the robot to the tissue using that. Self-guided robots to be used in surgery are being developed and if I remember currently there is one available for a very minor form of neurosurgery that involves sticking a very thin needle into the skull. What you need a robot for is very much possible and FYI they will be able to do it with better precision and less contamination.
- geographomics 12y agoThat's a really good point, I hadn't considered the translational benefits from surgical automation. I still think we're a long way off from automated dissection though. An AI performing these tasks would need very high level of situational awareness to be able to interpret the internal structure of a moving animal.