Public attitude towards surgical robotics
U.S. Millennial Parents an Exception to Allowing Robot Surgery on Children according to a new poll by IEEE. "It was asked: Knowing that surgical robots powered by artificial intelligence are
bringing new innovations and accuracy to the operating room, how likely
would you allow robots powered by artificial intelligence to conduct
surgery on your child?
- Millennial parents in Asia are significantly more likely to allow robots powered by AI to conduct surgery on their Generation Alpha child — even more so in 2019 as compared to 2018 (China: 94% in 2019 vs. 82% in 2018; India: 86% in 2019 vs. 78% in 2018), while in 2019, 51% in the U.K. (a six percent increase over 2018) and 46 percent of Millennial parents in the U.S. ( a 1% increase from 2018), say they would be very likely.
- In Brazil, 69% of Millennial parents in 2019 say they would be very likely to allow robots powered by AI conduct surgery as compared to 60% in 2018.
- What’s more, in 2019, 25 percent of Millennial parents in the U.S. and 21 percent in the U.K. say they would be “not likely at all” to allow this surgery on their child"
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