Speaking with my pilot friends here on PPRuNe and elsewhere, split-second decisions on an aircraft are not only complex but often life and death.
There are simply no split second decisions for any failures. If anyone told you that it's exaggeration. Most accidents/incidents are attributed to pilot error. The long list of human factors responsible for errors makes it tempting for the technology to attempt to remove the human. Accidents happened many times more without automation. All weather CAT3 operations, reduced vertical separation to increase the number of aircaft using an airway is just not possible without automation. And with human presence if accidents cannot be avoided then it's a question of can they be less without them with full automation. B737 max failures are not at all because of automation. It's because of trying to match a competitor, fitting a more fuel efficient engine on to an unsuitable airframe. Then trying to correct the problems that arose through software without redundancy and selling it in immoral haste. Don't compare that.