Ammon News - In a recent post on X, tech mogul Elon Musk made a bold claim: robots will surpass skilled human surgeons within a few years, and the best human surgeons will be outpaced by robotic precision in around five years.

Musk emphasized the potential of advanced robotics in surgery, referencing Neuralink's use of a robot for brain-computer electrode insertion. According to Musk, the procedure required a level of speed and accuracy that was beyond human capabilities.

However, Musk’s statement has sparked a wave of skepticism among social media users, many of whom are questioning the feasibility of such a prediction. One user challenged the logic behind Musk’s vision, asking, “How does it make sense to you to, on the one hand, push for a higher population, and on the other, plan to replace everyone's jobs with robots? What are all these people going to do for work?”

Others doubted Musk's assertion that robots could replace human surgeons entirely, with one user noting that current surgical robots are still advanced tools controlled by human surgeons, rather than autonomous machines. “Your comment makes it sound like current surgical robots can work autonomously, and that tweet is supporting that idea. It isn’t,” the user wrote. “Current fully autonomous robot surgeons = 0. So we’ve got to go from zero to ‘surpassing the best human surgeons’? No way. Eventually, you’ll be right, but this is just AI hype.” Economic Times