January 12th news, Elon Mask claimsTeslaOptimusOptimus）Humanoid RobotIn just three years, one of the world ' s top human surgeons。
This statement was made by Chief Executive Officer Tesla in an interview with Peter Demandes, a United States doctor and engineer, who hosted the podcast, Bold Vision。
“The world is currently facing a shortage of doctors and good surgeons.”
He added that “the training of a good doctor takes a very long time, and even after learning, medical knowledge is constantly being updated, and it is difficult for doctors to be comprehensive. Their time constraints inevitably lead to mistakes. Think of how many top surgeons there are in the world? Not many
Demandes immediately asked, "How long do you think the Optimus robot can outdo the best surgeon and become a better surgeon?"
Mask replied: "Three years. By the way, it will be scaled up in three years. At that time, the number of Optimus Bots with the highest levels of surgery may exceed the sum of human surgeons worldwide.”
According to 1AI, the SpaceX founder first released a prototype machine for the Optimus Bott in 2022 and indicated that the first-rate machine was expected to be launched the following year。
Two years later, in 2024, Mask set 2026 as the target date for listing the robot。
An expert in the field of health policy said to The Independent that Mask's idea was “too optimistic” and that robots were widely used for large surgical operations “unreal for a long time to come”。
Professor Arthur Kaplan, bioethicalist at the Grossman School of Medicine at New York University, commented in response to Mask's statement that, “for three years, Optimus will prevail over the world's top surgeons”, “This claim is totally untrustworthy.” He noted that “the development of robotic surgery has been slow, as exemplified by prostate surgery”
Caplan adds: "In the next three years, robots will hardly be able to outperform human doctors in all surgical fields -- heart surgery, brain surgery, osteoporosis, orthopaedic surgery, paediatrics, etc
In his view, this is because “humans are very diverse and difficult to fit through precise programming” and “it will take several years to prove that robots are comparable to human doctors by comparing clinical effects”。
"Some surgical operations are close to artistic creation -- for example, plastic surgery, burn repair and trauma treatment -- and the programming techniques for such operations may not be available for a long time to come." Kaplan said。
He acknowledged, however, that the application of robotic technology was indeed changing the pattern of the health-care sector and that, as the level of care progressed, more technological breakthroughs should be expected。
For example, in the radiology and pathology sections, some of the links used to scan the results of the analysis have been automated。
“But it is still too early for robotics to operate. You know, so far we have not been able to allow auto-pilots to safely manipulate taxis or delivery trucks on urban roads, which are more difficult than surgical operations.” Kaplan further stressed: “Maske is, in my view, too optimistic. The age of robotic doctors will eventually come, but it will take a long time to achieve large-scale applications.”
In addition, the Mask deployment plan for human robots has raised public concern. Of particular note, last October, when the Tesla Board of Directors discussed its controversial trillion-dollar remuneration programme and company control, Mask called the development of the Optimus Bot。
According to Wireline magazine, Mask said at the time: “The reason I care so much about my control over voting in Tesla is that if I took the lead in building this huge robotic army, would I be kicked off one day?”
"If we really built this robotic army, can I at least have a strong influence on it?" He also said, “I was disturbed when I thought I had built a robot army here, and then I was thrown out.”