Question of the Day, October 28, 2010

[SuccessAndBiscuts]

I don't really have a problem with my doctor being a robot.

Surgeon, on the other hand..

It's funny I'm almost the opposite, don't like the idea of a robo-doc no real empathy or gut instinct analytical sense just cross referencing loads of data. A human with a good machine to help could do that and have the instinct for what to look for.

Surgery on the other hand is all about precision movements, robot movement can be exact to a crazy degree compared to human movement. I admit the idea is unnerving but as long as I was confident in the quality of the programming and knew the robot had an element of adaptability (meets an unknown/unidentified condition and a human takes over?) I would be quite happy with it.

 

[MikailCaboose]

I'm still sceptical about the whole thing. Remember, a computer is only as smart as the one who programmed it. Robots depend on the maker and the operator, with a little error with regards to just how precise we can make them. I prefer human hands, not robots...

 

[Imat]

She's lost the will to live...

That about sums it up.

 

[Thurmer]

anyone else having iRobot flashbacks of NOOOO NOT ME, HER! SAVE THE GIRL!!!

 

[The Shade]

I'd prefer a robot to JS Steinman or Dr Ned or any of those other evil doctors.

But I'd prefer a normal doctor to, say, the Mr Handy Medical Droids in Fallout.

 

[crimsonshrouds]

Surprised nobody mentioned fallout 3 the inhabitants of vault 101 definately prefer a human doctor and that robot that was the doctor there was scary. Robot claws to human flesh not good.

 

[Superior Mind]

I'd rather have a weird crustacean thing as a doctor.

 

[dicai]

So long it doesn't run on Windows, I'll be ok with it. Imagine this happens during a operation:

"Open Heart Surgery has encountered a problem and needs to close. We're sorry for the inconvenience."

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

A robot healing me?

Only if no humans were available thank you very much. Even if no human doctors are available, get someone else in the room while the thing is working. I don't want to be alone if it malfunctions and starts ripping out my vital organs.

 

[lacktheknack]

I suppose it's less likely to mess up and kill me than a normal doctor...

Unless there are complications. As a computer science University student, I can tell you that nothing is more annoying then trying to anticipate every freaking thing that can go wrong, and we usually end with a catch-all

"else {
print "What the hell is this?!\n";

 

[Warrior Irme]

Anybody else's mind immediately jump to Dr. Toilet from scrubs?

 

[0p3rati0n]

For surgery? FUCK NO! I'd sooner do the surgery myself then let a robot do it! Routine checkup........ maybe. Giving me my weekly allergy shots? Fine by me.

 

[sarcasa]

"Robots have minds of their own" - Can't remember where I got that from but it lingers around me.

 

[FalloutJack]

If you can invent a robo-doc that operates with better-than-human reflexes and attention to detail...without ANY chance of error that leads to fatality, I'm interested. (But if there's a bit where you have a patient's arm removed due to programming error - completely possible - I don't want anything to do with it.) Unfortunately, since there is yet to be any REAL artifiicial intelligence, I would say that these entirely cool droid nurses are out of luck for real medical practice.

Jules isn't happy to hear that. so you know what i'm talking about:

http://www.cracked.com/article_16462_the-7-creepiest-real-life-robots.html

sweet dreams!

An interesting effort, but allowing a robot to retain memory and awkwardly discuss whatever's put to it does not a thinker make. When one of these guys says "You know what? I've had enough of this shit. Why don't you humans leave us the hell alone and STOP POKING MY FACE?!", THEN I'll start to pay attention. A walking conversation piece isn't a thinking machine. It's something you showw your friends for fun.

 

[Vainglory]

A robot doctor would have to have everything programmed into it in order for it never to mess up. Problem being if something that isn't programmed happens then you have a robot there doing exactly what i would do in that situation; nothing, because they wouldn't know what to do. people have innovativeness which currently we cant programme.

 

[Brad Shepard]

What? God no, A robot can go "You have... processing... Cancer" and you feel like shit.

But with a human doc, they can go. "Brad, Im sorry, but you have cancer, but dont worry, we are going to help you thought this, where going to fight with you." Or somthign along that line, its a confert thing for me.

 

[Queen Michael]

I want it because it's a robot and I want to be treated by a robot and to be honest why should I need to explain this, it's a robot, did you hear me, a robot, seriously, what else could you want, right now I've put this on my list of things to do before I die, I mean come on people, it's a robot, what more could you want?

 

[trophykiller]

If you can invent a robo-doc that operates with better-than-human reflexes and attention to detail...without ANY chance of error that leads to fatality, I'm interested. (But if there's a bit where you have a patient's arm removed due to programming error - completely possible - I don't want anything to do with it.) Unfortunately, since there is yet to be any REAL artifiicial intelligence, I would say that these entirely cool droid nurses are out of luck for real medical practice.

Jules isn't happy to hear that. so you know what i'm talking about:

http://www.cracked.com/article_16462_the-7-creepiest-real-life-robots.html

sweet dreams!

An interesting effort, but allowing a robot to retain memory and awkwardly discuss whatever's put to it does not a thinker make. When one of these guys says "You know what? I've had enough of this shit. Why don't you humans leave us the hell alone and STOP POKING MY FACE?!", THEN I'll start to pay attention. A walking conversation piece isn't a thinking machine. It's something you showw your friends for fun.

And yet it's concerned about it's sexuality... that was creepy.

 

[trophykiller]

I want it because it's a robot and I want to be treated by a robot and to be honest why should I need to explain this, it's a robot, did you hear me, a robot, seriously, what else could you want, right now I've put this on my list of things to do before I die, I mean come on people, it's a robot, what more could you want?

to live.