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Last night an AI agent performed brain surgery on a mouse
Hacker News | Nov 2, 2026 | FacZap
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Last night an AI agent performed brain surgery on a mouse. We gave it 19 gene therapy vectors in a spreadsheet, a mouse model of epilepsy, access to a motorize surgery rig with cameras and one goal: reduce seizures. A licensed vet gated every irreversible step and held a physical kill switch to stop the AI agent.
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