“It’s Useless Going To Medical Schools For, By 2030, Robots Will Replace Human Surgeons” – Elon Musk

By Adesina Soyooye

For those parents who insist on their children reading Medicine, Elon Musk has a word for you. For those whose ambition is to become Surgeons, Musk,  the world’s richest man has an advice for you. Stop, he said. It is pointless. Don’t waste your time.

The World indeed is changing. It has changed. And, no one knows exactly what to believe again, or who to believe.

If one believes Musk, perhaps, sometime in future, prayerfully, not in the very near future, the world will be filled  with more robots than human beings. And, even the human beings  may be idle while robots take over every aspect of life.

According to Musk, by the year 2030 – barely four years away, human surgeons will be of no use.

Musk said by that year, medical degrees will be pointless. Why? According to Musk who is the Chief Executive Officer of Tesla and Space X, AI-powered Robots will do better than human surgeons.

Musk, who spoke a couple of days ago on the Moonshots podcast which was hosted by Peter Diamandis, said that Humanoid Robots like Tesla’s Optimus will do better than the World’s best Surgeons within three years from now. Human Doctors, he argued, are not only slow to train, but are prone to error, and “fundamentally” limited.

Musk: “Right now, there’s a shortage of doctors and great surgeons. It takes a super long time to learn how to be  good doctor.

“Doctors have limited time. They make mistakes. How many great surgeons are there? Not that many.”

When Diamandis asked him: “So, don’t go to Medical School?”

Musk’s answer was swift. “Yes. Pointless.”

Musk has always predicted the end of human surgeons. For instance, in April, 2025, he predicted that Robots would, very soon, master surgery. Proof? He flaunted Neuralinks Robot “which implants ultra-thin electrodes into the human brain with a level of precision difficult for human hands to achieve.”

Medical Experts agree that robotic surgery is advancing rapidly. But they warn: “Medicine cannot function without human judgment, accountability, and ethical responsibility.”