The Real Danger Isn’t AI. It’s Us.

Doctors who fear algorithms forget that medicine’s most lethal errors have always been human. The Responsibility Clause — Ethical reasoning at the crossroads of autonomy, duty, and professionalism.

Every few weeks, another headline warns that artificial intelligence will harm patients. “AI could make fatal mistakes,” the critics say. “Doctors must be careful.” But here’s an uncomfortable fact: medical errors already kill over 250,000 Americans every year—about 9.5% of all deaths—making them the third leading cause of death in the United States. Th…