[LINK] Robots in health care could lead to a doctorless, hospital

Bernard Robertson-Dunn brd at iimetro.com.au
Sun Feb 14 10:04:04 AEDT 2016


On 14/02/2016 8:55 AM, Chris Johnson wrote:
> If we were able to choose between a robotic medical care system with 95%
> correctness (based on its past history) and a human system with 90%
> (likewise), what rational person would not choose the robotic?
> Anjali Jaiprakash, Jonathan Roberts, Ross Crawford in The Conversation
> wrote:
>> Most rational people would opt for the course of action that is more
>> likely to save their child.

When you add:
"If things go wrong (i.e. outside normal parameters/reactions, including 
standard variations) there is a 5% chance the robotic system could cope 
and an 80% chance a human system could cope"
which would you choose?

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brd

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