autopilot
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈɔːtəˌpaɪlət/
- Informal
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piloto automático
- After months of following the same routine, I realized I was living my life on autopilot.
Like it was this autopilot mode where I just couldn't turn that off.
- Like it was this autopilot mode where I just couldn't turn that off.
- Yeah, I relate to that so much because that's my autopilot too.
- So isn't there a name for this like the default when you go into autopilot?
- And like all of the stuff that has been running on like autopilot forever, that is controlling who Mel Robbins is.
- Mine is like my body just goes into autopilot and I know instinctively where I'm going.
- We might call that in, in, in higher animals, fixed action pattern or autopilot or stimulus response.
- Like I've heard that in autopilot he has done data annotation himself just to understand how it works.
- So let's let's, let's accept it, enjoy it, Let's let's, let's go optimal right now, let's get present, Let's get off autopilot.
- You go on to autopilot, you follow the rules and you get the answers in a completely rigorous way.
- You know, it's just a kind of bureaucratic autopilot because we cap the total number of visas.
- And then she just felt like at the Olympics, she felt like it's almost like you're an autopilot.
- I've worked on my sensory acuity, so I force myself to notice things when I'm doing things so it's not autopilot.
- And these kids dig fucking deep and they just don't like you said, all the other shit flies out the window and now they're just on fucking autopilot to fight and win.
Examples
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Mine is like my body just goes into autopilot and I know instinctively where I'm going.
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We put ourselves on autopilot and that releases us to think about other things so we can see.
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Or just stay on autopilot the rest of your life.
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I mean, I was on autopilot.
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Ever since the accident, it's like my life has been on autopilot.
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Much of the time we're running on autopilot.
Academic text (2004) -
Relationships don't run on autopilot but need care, support, and a lot of love.
Blog text (18) -
An organism cooking along merrily on autopilot will sooner or later run into trouble.
Blog text (20) -
I functioned on autopilot as I made my way through the workday.
Blog text (18) -
And while that's not a bad thing, I feel like living your life sort of on that autopilot mode leaves you to not pick up on certain things that make life beautiful.
Synonyms
1
9.9
Actions done without thinking, often during a seizure or while sleepwalking
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5.0
To act without thinking, as if following a routine
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How Automatic
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Etymology
Autopilot can also mean doing things without thinking: auto- is 'self' and pilot is 'guide', giving the image of yourself being guided by itself. That's why saying you are on autopilot means you act automatically, often out of habit or tiredness.