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]