Ready2Downsize
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Really?
Doubt you'll be seeing robots deliver human babies.
Doubt you'll be seeing robots deliver human babies.
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irvinehomeowner
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Have you not seen Episode III?Ready2Downsize said:
Ready2Downsize
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Only in the movies.
In real life, most babies would be born just fine without need of assistance (although there may be some tissue damage to the mom), but sooooo many things CAN go wrong. Shoulder dystocia would take more than one robot to handle with coordinated care and there would have to be a few robots pushing the bed to the OR with one robot trying to alleviate pressure on the cord, pushing on the baby's head if the cord prolapsed. I can just see that robot jumping in the bed with the mom, yelling for more robots to come help, barreling down the hall in trendelberg........ or not.
In real life, most babies would be born just fine without need of assistance (although there may be some tissue damage to the mom), but sooooo many things CAN go wrong. Shoulder dystocia would take more than one robot to handle with coordinated care and there would have to be a few robots pushing the bed to the OR with one robot trying to alleviate pressure on the cord, pushing on the baby's head if the cord prolapsed. I can just see that robot jumping in the bed with the mom, yelling for more robots to come help, barreling down the hall in trendelberg........ or not.
Irvinecommuter
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Ready2Downsize said:
Many surgeries are done with the assistances of robotic arms/technology (Da Vinci for example). Offsite surgery and even robotically perform surgeries are in the future.
Delivery of babies can be done similarly.
irvinehomeowner
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Irvinecommuter
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hello said:
Just a matter of time...drones are taking over for fighter pilots. You can have doctors in India or China controlling the robot in the US.
Irvinecommuter
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iacrenter said:You will always need a human element. Robots and software are not perfect. When things go wrong (and they will), you will want a real doctor to save your ass.
Irvinecommuter said:
Sure....but you may only need 1/10th as many doctors/nurses on site while the rest is done by or through robots. You still have humans at auto manufacturing plants...just significantly fewer.
Ready2Downsize
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Ain't gonna happen. No way, no how.
If it was so easy, you wouldn't see the high premiums the OBs pay for malpractice insurance and you wouldn't see regular OBs call in perinatologists to consult and you wouldn't have OBs refuse to have some nurses take care of their patients.
If it was so easy, you wouldn't see the high premiums the OBs pay for malpractice insurance and you wouldn't see regular OBs call in perinatologists to consult and you wouldn't have OBs refuse to have some nurses take care of their patients.
Angels_Baseball_2015
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From a capitalist standpoint, CVS and other pharmacies would rather use robots to do the job of the pharmacist, but from a political standpoint, I don't see that happening. The lobbyists are pretty strong for the pharmacists. But I must say that drug interaction app is pretty cool - my pharmacist friend actually uses that app while he's working.
Irvinecommuter
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Ready2Downsize said:
People used to say that about waiters, checkers, and a host of other jobs...there are even talk about robots/computer replacing lawyers and reporters, jobs people think are non-replaceable due to the creative nature of their work.
Computerized trading dramatically reduced the number of floor traders, online trading has made investment brokers unnecessary, and tax programs have reduced work for accountants. Sites like Legal Zoom allow people to bypass lawyers to do basically legal stuff.
Companies will continue to look to cut costs and eliminate jobs (or move them overseas for lower wages). Medical tourism is also a real and impactful thing.
For example:
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt...crops-farmers-wish-they-had-robots-to-harvest
Edit:
Artists are also not immuned if this film is actually correct.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim's_Vermeer
People think they are safe until they're not.
Perspective
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"Sites like Legal Zoom allow people to bypass lawyers to do basically legal stuff."
Did you intend to write "basic legal stuff," no? This is basically true, and dangerous. While consulting an attorney on things like drafting a will can far too often result in an unnecessary $2K+ trust, if you do some basic research first, paying a few hundred for a will is well worth the expense.
Software is doing legal research better, which will result in less work for attorneys.
Did you intend to write "basic legal stuff," no? This is basically true, and dangerous. While consulting an attorney on things like drafting a will can far too often result in an unnecessary $2K+ trust, if you do some basic research first, paying a few hundred for a will is well worth the expense.
Software is doing legal research better, which will result in less work for attorneys.
Irvinecommuter
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Perspective said:
Yes...sorry. Depends on the situation...you can do some legal stuff pretty easily.