Human judges also "codify biases and prejudices", and they do it far worse. That's my entire point. And algorithms shouldn't codify prejudices, if they are look

Human judges also "codify biases and prejudices", and they do it far worse. That's my entire point. And algorithms shouldn't codify prejudices, if they are looking at objective data, and also blind to those features. Humans are not objective nor blind. And I don't think preferring to do stuff yourself is an excuse. These are people's lives on the line! More accurate predictions mean fewer people in prison, fewer murders and robberies, etc. Or in a medical domain where more accurate predictions mean fewer people die of terrible diseases. You should always prefer algorithms if there are consequences for worse predictions!