About time someone actually said it.
The day that unmanned systems are complex enough to replace human pilots is the day that all humans become redundant. After all, what is a finance director other than a glorified spreadsheet? And who is to say that such unmanned systems will not exhibit all the failings of humans, and possibly even some new ones?
Commercial enterprise supported by enabling technology is rushing us all (all humans, I mean) headlong towards this goal. The reason that this thread is so interesting in this regard is that the sentiments expressed here are a) technically informed, b) aposite and c) so emotively expressed.
As pilots, we should be the first to see the bigger picture, no?