Frankly I don’t care, I’ll take human judges any day, because they have something AI does not: flesh and bone and real skin in the game.

From the perspective that models are trained by people with a lot of skin in the "game" of competent models, they do.

Not expressing an opinion when/how AI should contribute to legal proceedings. I certainly believe that judges need to respond both to the law and the specific nuances that the law can never code for.

Real skin in the game is also known as bias. That's an example of something a judge should not have.

Not really. Ultimately it's just a job and a job without any tangible benefit to doing well.

Most regular folk that end up in front of a judge would do well to have a quick and predictable decision. It's months to years before things happen in court and are usually gated behind 10s of thousands in legal fees or a ton of effort. To have a judge bot available for a decision immediately is enormously beneficial.