We have a lot of phobias around algorithms. Sometimes this is justified, but in the main, it’s like being afraid of cockroaches or spiders. Algorithms aren’t spiders or cockroaches, they’re an instrument and sometimes will outperform human judgement terrifically well – and sometimes won’t. If lives are on the line and it turns out an algorithm reduces the noise of the human decision maker and the bias, then the moral case for using the algorithm starts to look really strong.