Musk Says Robots Will Outperform Human Surgeons Within Next Five Years

Elon Musk has predicted that robots will replace even the best human surgeons within the next five years.

The billionaire tech entrepreneur pointed out that machines are already capable of carrying out operations considered impossible for mere humans to perform.

In a post on X on Saturday, Musk suggested that in just a “few years,” robots will surpass “good human surgeons” and will beat the best doctors within about five years.

RT reports: He noted that his Neuralink biotech company has already had to rely on robot surgeons to carry out the brain-computer electrode insertion of brain chips because the required speed and precision is “impossible for a human to achieve.”

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Musk’s comments came in response to a post by popular X influencer Mario Nawfal, who quoted an article about the rising success of robot surgeons such as the Medtronic ‘Hugo’. It is reported that the robot has already been tested in 137 real surgeries such as fixing prostates, kidneys, and bladders.

The results were better than doctors expected,” Nawfal said, noting that the complication rates were 3.7% for prostate surgeries, 1.9% for kidney operations, and 17.9% for bladder procedures.

“The robots got a 98.5% success rate, way above the 85% goal,” the post claimed, adding that out of the 137 surgeries, only two needed to be taken back over by real doctors due to a glitch and because of a “tricky patient case.”

Previously, Musk suggested that brain-computer interfaces like those being developed by Neuralink would replace technologies such as cell phones. 

Neuralink has already successfully implanted its brain chip – about the size of a coin – in three patients.