Many autopilots are like naughty co-pilots. You have to watch the bu&&ers or they'll catch you out when you're least expecting it. But that's what we get paid a bit extra for.
Those in the know accept that there are big differences between aircraft types and roles, some have the "benefit" of long periods on autopilot and some don't. As a mere helicopter pilot I have a relatively low number of hours compared to airline pilots of my age/experience, which used to bother me somewhat, but now it doesn't at all. To put it in perspective, some twenty years ago I was asked to fly a long haul airline pilot in my spare front seat. After we had done what was then a typical hour and three quarter sortie, with nineteen short sectors to small HLSs, he commented that I had flown the equivalent of about six months of takeoffs and landings in his job. He said my workload seemed almost unbelieveable. It wasn't, it was just different to what he was used to.
I was later repaid the privilege (jump seat for most of LHR-HKG) by an old RAF colleague who now flew B747s instead of F-4s. I was bored after a couple of hours in the cruise and we still had nine hours to go! I commented and my friend told me he found the job terribly mundane compared to his military flying. I realised at that point that airline flying really wasn't for me and although I had recently gained a commercial licence for fixed wing, I decided I wouldn't be needing it much. In fact, I've never used it after almost twenty five years and no longer bother to keep it current.