https://www.reuters.com/investigations/ai-enters-operating-room-reports-arise-botched-surgeries-misidentified-body-2026-02-09/

mx alex tax1a - 2020 (6)

Most allegedly involved errors in which the TruDi Navigation System misinformed surgeons about the location of their instruments while they were using them inside patients’ heads during operations.

I AM FUCKING SCREAMING I AM FUCKING SCREAMING I AM FUCKING SCREAMING

a kilo of saucepans (rakslice)

@atax1a they had me at "As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries [...]"

Mike P

@atax1a And I made a joke post about "vibe surgery" just the other day...

wbftw

@atax1a this has all the energy of https://hackaday.com/2015/10/26/killed-by-a-machine-the-therac-25/

aburka 🫣

@atax1a can I, like, make an advance directive that if I'm incapacitated and require surgery that no AI-assisted instruments can be used

like a DNR, but DNAI

aburka 🫣

@wbftw @atax1a I feel like that was back when there were consequences for doing bad things

The Waveform Conglomerate

@atax1a yikes

Face Thumb

@atax1a "Are you going to use AI tools?" feels like something you shouldn't have to ask your brain surgeon before they go to town on your noggin.

wbftw

@aburka @atax1a indeed, although it took awhile for the “FO” part of “FAFO” in that particular case.

njsg

@atax1a Maybe they should have used radium-coated surgical instruments for better precision.