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• n  a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness
  she talked and he dozed and my mind went on autopilot
• n  a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course

• Utterly in control of her lithe, 167-cm body, she moves with such technical precision she appears to be flying on autopilot.
• Now buses on real-life autopilot are coming to Las Vegas.
• Airliners fly predetermined routes, usually on autopilot, and always land at airports.

• automatic pilot
• robot pilot

News & Articles

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• Scorpio
  In recent weeks it seems you have been cruising on autopilot but that will change with the Sun's change of signs tomorrow. Suddenly you will be more alive again. Suddenly you will be back in control. It's all good...
  June 20, 2013 - New York Post
• Driving on autopilot
  Driving on autopilot
  June 19, 2013 - Pasadena Weekly

Quotes

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• Daniel Fried in International Herald Tribune
  The situation there cannot be left on autopilot,Fried said.
• Craig McMillan in Sydney Morning Herald
  Their captain Ricky Ponting is a great batsman and one of the best to ever play Test cricket,McMillan wrote. "But when he was captaining the side with Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath in it, he was on autopilot. There weren't a lot of tough...
• Phil Kerpen in Hartford Courant
  When you set tax increase on autopilot it takes away all accountability,Kerpen said.