It's nice to read that machine autonomy is progressing so well. However it only makes it sadder to see human autonomy reaching modern lows... This is especial

It's nice to read that machine autonomy is progressing so well. However it only makes it sadder to see human autonomy reaching modern lows... This is especially true within s/w development, where acceptance of external dependencies has reached pandemic proportions. Leaving many more systems vulnerable, not just to supply chain attack, but to the day to day risk that some mandatory system dependency becomes unavailable, for what ever reason (acquisition, bankruptcy, product line termination, etc). When I think of autonomy, I think of individual human agency. To see the word degraded to meaning cars that don't run over wheelchairs in the crosswalk, seems like some major loss has occurred.