The Surgical Singularity Is Approaching

“AI-powered robots may soon be doing some procedures faster, more accurately and with fewer complications than humans.

Those keeping abreast of the latest medical developments may be aware of the buzz surrounding applications of artificial intelligence (AI) to medical tasks. To date, these have mainly involved application of computer algorithms to clinical data such as x-rays, images or text-based medical records, to diagnose disease. The sensationalism has largely arisen due to the fact that in some instances, these algorithms have met or exceeded capabilities of a specialist physician for particular diagnostic tasks…”

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-surgical-singularity-is-approaching/