I guess us flying these Boeings around the sky knowing we don't need the automation isn't important to you but it is to us. We don't go into a full stall at FL350 like two Airbus pilots did out of RIO on AF447 just because the pitot tubes froze over but you are right we don't rely on automation much and you do.
Good luck with your automatic airplanes. Hope automation doesn't fail like AF447. It could get nasty.