Stumbling Towards a Shared Apprehension of Automation Failure

Fifteen commentaries have either responded to, or been inspired by, our article about the automation failure construct, which introduced a taxonomy of failure mechanisms for consideration in the design of cognitive engineering experiments. Our rejoinder organizes these responses into those aligned with the objectives of the target article, those inspired by it, a couple that rehash our earlier articles, and one that seeks to put us all in our place. We conclude with an assessment of points of consensus and divergence in our shared apprehension of the automation failure construct.