I would argue that removing humans from all but oversight is a good goal, even though there may be growing pains along the way.

What we don’t have data for is how many accidents would have happened if not for the systems that prevented them. But we should be able to compare incidents of aircraft with and without such systems and get an idea of the (no pun) impact fly-by-wire has had on safety.

In other words, the answer is, show me the data.