Bear with me. The flight computer is not essentially different than an experienced pilot. What makes a computer 'Better'?? Speed. The human brain has sensors, and memory. A stimulus enters an initial 'port' to ascertain its importance. It then is shuffled in several directions to a more complicated and comprehensive 'memory'. The decision is made based on a rapid 'comparison' of stored data. If it is recognized in the bank, the decision is rapid. A 'new' stimulus involves a more complex computation, takes longer, and has more 'risk' in its solution.
Computers have chips with distances measured in microns, or nanometers between important terminals. Smaller is faster, the Brain may have dozens of feet or even yards involved in neurons and synapses. What makes the computer fast is what makes it so useful in cruise, or on landing in stink.
What makes the pilot occasionally superior is his ability to discern buckwheat from b***sh*t, and an ability to hesitate or 'innovate'
Will, not a computer