SoylentRox t1_j97jdl4 wrote on February 19, 2023 at 9:21 PM

Reply to comment by knockatize in Which medical specialties are future proof? by MeronDC

Yes but gerontologists now do not add any value. This would actually be a good case where AI will take over completely because AGI gerontologists might actually be able to treat aging.

DannyLovesDerby3 t1_j9954uz wrote on February 20, 2023 at 5:01 AM

If they can treat the oldies using robotics why couldn't they use it to treat the median age of the population?

SoylentRox t1_j995j1k wrote on February 20, 2023 at 5:05 AM

Yes, obviously they would. Anything but "peak human" is illness if you knew what you were doing as a medical provider, and had the tools required to manipulate their body. (mostly their active genome in each cell)

Even "peak human" isn't really good enough, you have just 1 heart and blood vessels can burst from bad luck. So really good future doctors would fix this.