Tyler P. Sliney

With every technology there are downfalls & glitches. I feel that, while robotic surgery is a fascinating topic, it could never realistically fully replace the human factor needed to perform many of our complex surgeries. It will definately be awhile before we see robotic procedures carried out as the norm, if at at all. With that said, I do see that value in having robotic systems as surgery assistants or aids. Simple surgery could also beneift from the automation of robotic surgery.

I feel like we shouldn’t allow robotic surgery to an extent. I think it could be used to help a surgeon, but I don’t think the surgeon should be replaced. With robots becoming more and more popular someone needs to stop and think about what is going to happen when robots replace all of our jobs, what will happen to our economy? That being said I wouldn’t feel that comfortable with a robot performing surgery on me. I know that the robot can probably do the surgery perfectly, if there are no bugs in the software, but I don’t know if I would like that.

I personally would not feel comfortable with a robot operating on me. There are things that human doctors can deal with based on gut instinct and training. What if there are variations in the human body, would a robot be able to account for that? As time goes on I assume that robots would become more and more skilled, but until then leave the humans in charge.

On a side note, having robot doctors would totally disrupt the health care system, perhaps for the better. If your operation is based off of some lines of code, procedures would drop dramatically in price. Definitely an interesting article, and was worth the read.

As a citizen, student, employee, or social media user, one should always be mindful of the content they post online. Once its out there, anybody can see it. That being said, the subject of government content removal is concerning. I can absolutely see how one would interpret content removal requests as censorship and a violation of freedom of speech. Citizens should have the right to post whatever they please, but also need to understand the consequences that some content may cause.

I agree with Michael in that one should always be mindful of the content someone posts online. However, as Americans we have freedom of speech so I do not think the Government should have the right to remove content. Its a little concerning that the Government can access our social media accounts, but I am not surprised. Even though my accounts are private, I post as if anyone can see them because in reality, nothing is private.