You are talking to a 30-year airline pilot. You have no clue.
Started out in DC-3s, did we? Well, move aside grandpa, things are changing. Automation of most everything is almost here. We can count on pilotless combat aircraft for almost all missions, Unattended Ground Vehicles for many forms of ground combat, Unattended Sea Vehicles, the whole nine yards. Removing human error is the direction technology is taking, count on it.
No offense, Buddy, but things always change. I was in artillery for nearly 40 years but I was the Program Manager for the world's first completely automated artillery system. Works, fine, hits what it's supposed to, no people.