> my gear selection is typically putting on a seatbelt and pressing the brake pedal as the car knows the right direction

What a hugely efficient time and energy saving innovation and only at the cost of lots of your money, personal safety, and basic human agency.

Soon you can probably just hop in and without facing difficult decisions about where to go, get instantly taken to the biggest corporate partner or affiliate advertisers. Maybe robots there can invert you and shake you down so you don’t even need to pull out the money