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Even though driverless cars aren’t yet common on roads, we’re already dealing with autodrive. (Aside: Dear future, forgive us. We’re still in that transitional phase where we have to call them “driverless,” to distinguish them from the “manually driven” variety, but you’ll know them simply as “cars.”) Manufacturers like Tesla, Volvo, and Mercedes-Benz car models have the driver facing forward, ready to take over. Google’s driverless cars are eventually meant to be wholly agentive, so there won’t be any need for passengers to suddenly take control. But in the near term, while the technology is being introduced to roads, riders and even legislators¹ are most comfortable with a driver sitting at the helm of the driverless car, ready to take over should the agent fail.

But if a, uhhh, “driver” is just sitting there not driving, can they really stay, just sitting there, keeping their attention on their non-task constantly? Ten seconds is all it takes for a user’s attention to drift while using slow software, and I’m pretty sure a car trip won’t be worth taking if it’s under ten seconds long. Perhaps the car will have to introduce some means of keeping the driver actively engaged in the driving, such as a game that drivers play by trying to match the software’s driving. But if not, then the sitrep-and-takeover will present major problems to the driver who’s just about to win a difficult, timed game on their phone and has to drop that to wonder what that alarm is all about.