It seems a good way to shut down discussions about fairness. If any human makes the decision, that human will be perceived as unfair, because any choice of priorities will have losers.

This way, the blame falls on the nameless algorithm. The computer said no. AI is a great varnish for this kind of algorithm, being the best intelligence we ever made, and being inscrutable. You need a fairly advanced understanding before you can look behind the curtain to the person turning the actual knobs.

Unfortunately, if the AI chooses the wrong losers, those knobs will be turned to elect other losers