What happens if the computer malfunctions in mid-flight? Many modern airliners actually have computers which will display common checklists and check off items

What happens if the computer malfunctions in mid-flight? Many modern airliners actually have computers which will display common checklists and check off items that have been completed automatically. The reason they don't make this fully automated is because a malfunction in the computer, or a bug in the software, or a situation the checklists did not forsee could be disastrous. Having the pilots in the loop adds an important sanity check. Note also that a lot of the steps in the procedure are testing warning lights and sounds, which really does require a human in the loop to listen or look at the alarm in question to verify it's going off.