I wouldn't go so far as to say the computers do a better job. F-18 pilots keep their hands off the stick during catapult launch to avoid a pilot induced pitch oscillation during the abrupt transition to flight. If the flight control system were a little better, they would be able to fly the airplane during the transition without worrying about an undesirable response. In one case quite a few years back, the fight control system pitched the aircraft down in response to a stuck angle of attack sensor. I bet the pilot who was killed would argue that he could have done a better job than the computer did.