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Would You Be Comfortable Trusting Your Health To A Robot Doctor?

Technology is marching ever forward and the medicine is no exception. CNN’s Fortune Tech predicts tech will eventually take over 80 per cent of what doctors do today and that might be great, but would you feel comfortable putting your life in the hands of Dr. Robot?

Chances are that someday, you won’t have a choice.

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  • no apologies Guest
    December 9, 2012 1:06 pm

    If people are happy to self diagnose with google they should have no problems with a robotic doctor.

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  • Ames Guest
    December 9, 2012 2:05 pm

    can't be worse than Zoidberg

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  • Murray Guest
    December 9, 2012 9:30 pm

    Absolutely. All the good bits without the bad bits. Even compassion can be programmed. But the best bit...a robot knows how to keep an appointment.

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  • zaphodity @zaphodity
    December 11, 2012 7:21 am

    No.

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