"We believe that continuous exposure to transportation support systems like cars may lead to the natural human tendency to over-rely on their engines, leading to travelers becoming less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when riding horses."

The closer analogy is modern turn-by-turn directions and the number of people that will blithely follow them even when something is clearly amiss.

Great argument, yes let's by all means march towards a future of as much dependence on AI as we have on cars, while general thinking and creativity decline as did horsemanship. A+ analogy.

to be fair people do move their bodies a lot less if they can just sit in a car and get there for a lot less effort. most of the Western world is struggling with obesity to an extent.