We are all familiar with news headlines such as Fast Company's "Biased Al is a Threat lo Civil Liberties," Wired's "Algorithms Should've Made Courts More Fair. What Went Wrong?," and the Washington Post's "Algorithms Were Supposed lo Make Virgnia Judges Fairer. What Happened Was Far More Complicated." Systems. procedures, and workflows using artificial intelligence (Al) are becoming more common at every level of our judicial system. Given their decisive significance and the life-altering decisions they often make, it is important that all of us understand what is really taking place when these automated systems become a standard and, eventually, indispensable part of our legal system.