If it has to call its parents or uses a GPS phone, it is not autonomous. This is really not that hard. Obviously your point here highlights your pedantry: auto

If it has to call its parents or uses a GPS phone, it is not autonomous. This is really not that hard. Obviously your point here highlights your pedantry: autonomy is not absolute. Despite being a mostly functioning and definitely autonomous human being, I sometimes have to call someone who knows better to ask for directions.