Richard de Crespigny

Not yet.

Not yet.

Well, even in the Air Force, when they first tried to introduce this for the fighters in the American Air Force in 2005, the pilots said, no, we're not going to have a computer take over from us.

We don't trust it.

And that's what a lot of people fear about, let's say, AI or computers or fly-by-wire.

They think they don't want to cede control to a computer.

And the Air Force sat back for about 10 years and said, okay, let's see if you can stop killing yourself in these F-16s.

They didn't.

So the Air Force said, okay, we're forcing it on you now.

You will have it.

We'll give you feedback as to how anxious this software is.

So you'll know if it's about to interrupt.

So you've got feedback.

You're getting facts about what the thing's thinking.

And then if you still ignore those warnings, it will eventually take over.

And by 2015, the pilots said, yes, please, let's have it.

And now all the aircraft have it.

So again, we're talking about fly-by-wire.

The pilots might be requesting something.

The computers interrupt to get you to a safe place because maybe you're doing something reckless or maybe you're unconscious and you're about to die.