> We’re already most of the way there. They’re not yet “AI controlled” and require a lot of input from the surgical staff but they’ve been critical to enabling surgeries that are too precise for human hands.

That does not sound like “most of the way there”. At most maybe 20%?

If you consider “robotic surgeon” to mean fully automated, then sure the percentage is lower, but at this point AI control is not the hard part. We’re still no closer to the mechanical dexterity and force feedback sensors necessary to make robotic surgeon than we were when the internet was born. Let alone miniaturizing them enough to make a useful automaton.