automatic pilot
       n 1: a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness;
            "she went about her chores on automatic pilot"; "too
            much of the writing seems to have been done on automatic
            pilot"; "she talked and he dozed and my mind went on
            autopilot" [syn: autopilot]
       2: a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or
          planes or spacecraft on a steady course [syn: autopilot,
           robot pilot]