There is no doubt that we are better off with autopilot than without (true in planes and will soon be true in cars). The point of this ongoing research in human

There is no doubt that we are better off with autopilot than without (true in planes and will soon be true in cars). The point of this ongoing research in human factors is to create systems where the pilot/driver work in tandem with the autopilot so that when the autopilot needs to hand control back to a human, the human is capable of receiving back control.