Aren't both of those just examples of pilot error, regardless of autopilot? In the case of the Asiana flight, the captain chose a visual approach when he could

Aren't both of those just examples of pilot error, regardless of autopilot? In the case of the Asiana flight, the captain chose a visual approach when he could have let the autopilot land it. And from there it's simple pilot error. In the case of the air France flight, one of the pilots chose to ignore a stall warning and pull up instead of pushing down to gain speed. Sadly, in the case of no pilot input the plane actually would have ended up avoiding the stall on its own. I of course agree that military pilots with real experience will likely perform better than civilian pilots, I just doubt autopilot had any part to play in either of those accidents, like the comment you replied to implies.