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Yes and no.

The computer itself won't really do anything. But I'm sure suicides go up when people lose all their money, or get personal private details leaked, and so on.

ehm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25

> "One [software fault] was when the operator incorrectly selected X-ray mode then in 8 seconds quickly changing to electron mode, which allowed the electron beam to be set for X-ray mode without the X-ray target being in place"

Therac-25 is an important software-development case study but a torturous stretch of "Using a computer wrong"

You are right! Computer use should be taught, tested and licensed exactly the same way of steering several tons of metal at 70mph are!

Depends on what those computers are responsible for.

I'm sure you can think of many examples where it does though.