Awhile back (ok, 10 years ago!), there was an interesting New Yorker article [1] about the rise of automation, specifically related to flight, but I think some

Awhile back (ok, 10 years ago!), there was an interesting New Yorker article [1] about the rise of automation, specifically related to flight, but I think some points are relevant here: > But, as pilots were being freed of these responsibilities, they were becoming increasingly susceptible to boredom and complacency--problems that were all the more insidious for being difficult to identify and assess. As one pilot whom Wiener interviewed put it: "I know I'm not in the loop, but I'm not exactly out of the loop. It's more like I'm flying alongside the loop." I think these assisted driving features in cars are the same way. I personally like the idea of them, humans seem to be incredibly horrible drivers (especially here in the Bay Area). However, when attention and monitoring is still required, people get complacent. All that said, I'm not sure what the answer is -- maybe these systems need to get to a point where they are fully autonomous? But how do we get there and feel comfortable about it in the first place? Take air travel for example -- planes are probably perfectly capable of taking off, flying themselves from point A to point B, and landing without human intervention. Would you travel on a plane with no pilot? Probably not! [1] https://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/hazards-automation https://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/hazards-au...