Are you a Luddite? Do you know the origins of the term? It might surprise you to know that the original Luddites opposed the automation of textiles and weaving jobs during the industrial revolution. They weren’t opposed to the technology as much as they were concerned about the impact on their jobs. And they foresaw much of the disruption that has rippled through many industries since then, as automation has taken on a range of jobs and made them redundant.
Do we have anything to fear in the dental profession? There was a recent announcement that US company Perceptive has developed an AI-controlled autonomous robot performing an entire clinical procedure on a human patient. You can watch the video here.
What does this mean for the future of dentistry? In this episode of the Dental As Anything podcast, I discuss some of the history of technological disruption, emerging technologies in dentistry and the future under our new robot overlords.
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In case you missed it, you can catch up with the previous episodes of the Dental As Anything podcast here and read news articles here.
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