> He realized that nurses were telling patients, “Well, the computer did it—it’s not me.” “That’s what tipped us off,” he says. This seems to be the real crux

> He realized that nurses were telling patients, “Well, the computer did it—it’s not me.” “That’s what tipped us off,” he says. This seems to be the real crux of the issue. These industrial-scale algorithms should be treated the same as any other industrial equipment. If you run over someone with a bulldozer, you can't say "the bulldozer did it, not me." Using the excuse "I don't even know how to operate a bulldozer" only makes it worse. I think it's perfectly reasonable that if an institution doesn't train people to properly use an algorithm, take reasonable precautions to make sure it doesn't cause severe damage, and/or has no reasonable system in place for fixing problems it creates, they should be liable for negligence the same way any other operator of potentially dangerous equipment would.