{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"AI surgical robot masters complex medical procedures solely by watching videos. Will this happen in law too?","description":"A surgical AI-powered and trained robot, armed with nothing but hours of video footage, learned to perform complex medical procedures with the precision of a seasoned surgeon. No hands-on training, no step-by-step programming\u2014just pure observation. Sound familiar? It should, because that\u2019s the future for us lawyers. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University just pulled off something remarkable. They trained a robot to master surgery, not by holding its \u201chand\u201d through the motions, but by letting it watch. This machine, the da Vinci Surgical System, absorbed and replicated critical tasks\u2014needle manipulation, tissue lifting, suturing\u2014all at a skill level equal to human surgeons. Let that sink in. Here\u2019s how it works: the team fed the robot hundreds of videos from da Vinci\u2019s own wrist cameras, essentially teaching it to \u201cspeak\u201d the language of surgery through math and movement. We\u2019re talking ChatGPT meets kinematics\u2014a language of skill and technique distilled down to pure, actionable data. The kicker? The robot even started catching and correcting mistakes on its own, like picking up a dropped needle\u2014something it was never programmed to do. It\u2019s adaptability in action, and it\u2019s mind-blowing. Now, here\u2019s where we need to pay attention. AI systems like Google\u2019s AI Studio aren\u2019t just for the operating room. They\u2019ll watch and listen to lawyers too. These systems will study the arguments, presentation styles, even the pauses and tones that seasoned trial lawyers use. They'll dissect every move, every phrase, every nuance. And just like that robot learning to suture, these systems will be able to craft legal arguments and perform in courtrooms with an accuracy and finesse that we\u2019re only just beginning to imagine. We\u2019re already using Google AI Studio to evaluate our presentations and I wrote about it in an earlier post here in the group. So, don\u2019t shoot the messenger. As these AI \u201cassistants\u201d become sharper, faster, and more perceptive, we\u2019ll need to bring our A-game\u2014because now, we\u2019re competing with machines that don\u2019t just learn the law; they learn from us, down to the last word, the last breath. See the full article here and video here https:\/\/hub.jhu.edu\/2024\/11\/11\/surgery-robots-trained-with-videos\/ Listen to past podcast episodes here https:\/\/mitch-jackson.com\/podcast   ","author_name":"AI In Law Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/mitch-jackson.com","html":"