autonomous
Needing no oversight
Autonomous means self-governing or independent—able to act or function without external control.
An autonomous region has political self-rule.
An autonomous vehicle operates without a human driver.
The word emphasizes freedom from outside authority or intervention: The department operates as an autonomous unit within the university.
In philosophy and psychology, autonomy refers to the capacity for self-directed choice and action.
Supreme independent authority
- independenceFreedom from external control
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- self-governanceIndependent management of affairs
- self-ruleGovernance without outside control
self-directed · self-managed · self-sufficient · self-reliant · decentralized · home rule · devolution · autarky
Operating without human control
- driverlessOperating without human control
- unmannedHaving no human aboard
- roboticStiff and unemotional
- droneUnmanned flying machine
autopilot · sensors · actuators · locomotion · pathfinding · machine vision · waypoint · teleoperation
Absence of unjust constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- liberationRelease from constraint
- unconstrainedHaving no restrictions
- unrestrainedNot held back
unfettered · free will · agency · volition · enfranchised · unshackled · unbounded · unrestricted
How authority is exercised
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- dominionAuthority to rule
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
regulation · oversight · supervision · control · stewardship · power · charter · mandate
Algorithms that improve from data
- neural networksLayered computational learning systems
- artificial intelligenceMachines mimicking human thought
- deep learningLayered neural network methods
- decision-makingProcess of choosing actions
natural language processing · computer vision · reinforcement learning · self-learning · expert system · algorithmic · heuristic
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
- independenceFreedom from external control
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- self-governanceIndependent management of affairs
self-rule · self-directed · self-managed · self-sufficient · self-reliant · decentralized · home rule · devolution · autarky · nonaligned
self-driving
Operating without human control
- driverlessOperating without human control
- unmannedHaving no human aboard
- roboticStiff and unemotional
drone · autopilot · sensors · actuators · locomotion · pathfinding · machine vision · waypoint · teleoperation · mobile robot
liberty
Absence of unjust constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- liberationRelease from constraint
- unconstrainedHaving no restrictions
unrestrained · unfettered · free will · agency · volition · enfranchised · unshackled · unbounded · unrestricted · permissionless
governance
How authority is exercised
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- dominionAuthority to rule
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
administration · regulation · oversight · supervision · control · stewardship · power · charter · mandate · self-policing
machine learning
Algorithms that improve from data
- neural networksLayered computational learning systems
- artificial intelligenceMachines mimicking human thought
- deep learningLayered neural network methods
decision-making · natural language processing · computer vision · reinforcement learning · self-learning · expert system · algorithmic · heuristic
- roboticsrobot, android, humanoid, robotic arm, servo
- Auto- wordsautomobile, autopilot, autocorrect, autobiography, autograph
- independencefreedom, liberty, Independence Day, sovereignty, self-reliance
- vehicle adjectivesfast, slow, new, old, used
- self-containedstandalone, independent, modular, complete, self-sufficient
- self-sufficiencyoff-grid, homestead, homesteading, subsistence, autarky
autonomousdependent
Requiring outside support
subject · subordinate · subjugated · subservient · colonized
autonomousdependent
Requiring outside support
unfree · enslaved · controlled · bound · fettered
autonomousmanual
Written instructions for use
piloted · manned · remote-controlled · supervised · assisted
- autonomous vehiclesMotor transport needing no human
- autonomous drivingVehicle operates independently
- autonomous droneAircraft operating without human control
- autonomous carVehicle requiring no operator
- autonomous zoneTerritory under its own rule
- autonomous weaponSelf-directed lethal system