Musk promises that Optimus will be able to perform surgery better than doctors within 3 years.

In the video below, Elon Musk advises young people not to study medicine, because with AI and humanoids, a robot will be able to perform surgery better than a doctor, especially Optimus:

But will it really be necessary to wait 3 years? Lem Surgical has created a system capable of providing real-time assistance for spinal surgery using AI and robotics. Of course, it is not yet automatic, since it would be unethical to let a machine decide something without data or approval from a human... for now.

Looking at what Lem Surgical is already capable of doing, it is only a matter of a short time, maybe a year, for a robot to be able to perform surgery autonomously. Of course, Optimus, being a humanoid, would be more fascinating and a real game changer if it is truly capable of doing something similar. Perhaps what Elon Musk meant is that to be a surgeon it is necessary to have an absurd level of dexterity in the hands, and that Tesla Optimus will be capable of that.