> "AI still has a long way to go before the Air Force pilots would be ready to hand over the stick to an artificial intelligence during combat"

That's making the brave assumption that the platform designer would wish to G-limit their craft to what ugly giant bags of mostly water can withstand.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uMWEEwzadeOFYHvjAKtMjXt_rwH... (page 96) and compare Michie's MENACE.