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I don't think this is what Jonah is talking about. This is just one of thousands of examples of formal verification of safety-critical software.
The key part is that some of those formal verification processes involve automated proof generation. This is exactly what Jonah is talking about:
Those who make (semi-)automated proof for a living have a vested interest in making such things as useful as possible. Among other things, this means as automated as possible, and as general as possible. They're not there yet, but they're definitely working on it.