Are we holding machines to different standards than we hold each other?
Are we holding machines to different standards than we hold each other?
Not too long ago I had the opportunity to have a surgery performed by a robot controlled by a human surgeon. My wife was adamantly against it since there had been accidents previously with the robot other places in the world. Overall, the rate of incident was lower than the rate of incident for human surgeons, but to her that was not the important point.
There are people who will definitely hold machines to higher standards, and if they don't meet them, to them they are clearly inferior.
I've talked to a few hospital executives and all have said that in most cases, these robots only cost them money and decrease the quality of the surgical procedures.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2526934/Surge...
http://www.wsj.com/articles/robotic-surgery-brings-higher-co...
And another from a relatively reputable healthcare company/journal:
http://www.healthline.com/health-news/is-da-vinci-robotic-su...