On commuter flights, where pilots only manually operate the plane for 80 seconds out of a typical two-hour flight

80 seconds out of a 2 hour flight?

This likely means the pilots are only touching the yoke (steering wheel) for 80 seconds of your take off and landing. So, this means that over 118 minutes of your commuter flight literally (no person is flying the plane at all?)

And

This is what it might be like if you own or ride in a driverless car too within a few years from now.

The title quote is a partial quote from:

'Automation Addiction': Are Pilots Forgetting How to fly?