Horses are fairly automated when they knew where you where going. They also tended to avoid running into buildings so in some ways a car was a step backward.
Also, go back 4,000 years and say I am using secret knowledge to build a 4 man horseless carriage that's 5x as fast as a horse and does not need a driver that burns oil to run and they can picture something fairly close to what a automated car can do. People had no idea how animals worked inside when they domesticated them, that in no way prevented dogs from being useful.
Also, go back 4,000 years and say I am using secret knowledge to build a 4 man horseless carriage that's 5x as fast as a horse and does not need a driver that burns oil to run and they can picture something fairly close to what a automated car can do. People had no idea how animals worked inside when they domesticated them, that in no way prevented dogs from being useful.