The problem with these articles is that the majority of passengers who are not familiar with flying airliners think that we just sit there doing nothing! How many airports are there that have the necessary equipment to accept autolands? And who is going to pay to upgrade the ones that aren't? What about airports that can not have autoland status because of the incursion of obstacles on the approach path? etc. etc.
What about developing problems on a takeoff? How will a computer recognise those?
Will people really be willing to sit in an aircraft knowing that there is no one up front?