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> but wouldn’t algorithmic decisions be preferable to biased human judgement?

An algorithm also can't apply correctional factors (e.g. age, physical strength, disabilities).

Not to mention the elephant in the room that an over-optimized environment is not suitable for human life.

I think the point of the OP is that these factors don't matter. Performance is the only goal. In general I think this is fine, but it's clear that the algorithm is not yet sound. Maybe we'll get there one day.

In America, ADA absolutely matters. Algorithms like this can blatantly violate the law and open the company to significant liabilities. I've seen a company repeatedly lose expense lawsuits due to "following process" where the process did not take federal laws protecting workers into account.

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