I didn’t even know there was an MSNBC special report.
I am, however, deeply involved in the design and testing of aircraft control software, and have been for several decades.
I apologize then; you are more of an expert on this subject than I am. I am not completely convinced that aircraft control software enhances safety. But there is a huge amount of evidence that the software is more dependable and less prone to error than pilots in the form of billions of miles of commercial airline miles flown with an almost incomprehensibly stellar safety record. And there is an equally convincing amount of evidence that pilots of general aviation aircraft, ultralight aircraft, and hang gliders such as myself have a pretty bad safety record in the form of accident reports.