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Is pilot error more or less of a cause of fatal aircraft incidents than automation gone awry? What does the data say?

The FAA thinks that cockpit automation leads to complacency. It's a question on the commercial pilot written test.

There's a talk on youtube (Children of Magenta, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN41LvuSz10) given to an audience of pilots, it's a complicated issue.