There are folk, like shotone, who operate highly automated aircraft and understand them and their limitations. There are others who operate and don't understand them, they would be as inept on steam driven machines as on highly automated ones.
And then, of course, there are those who don't operate them and consequently don't understand them.
We tend to forget that an inept pilot (and they do exist) will be inept whatever type he/she flies. Which goes back to the idea of good training, good assessment and a willingness not to accept low standards of airmanship in ourselves and in our colleagues.