One thing – once accepted – always leads to the next thing and that thing is a "technology" marketed as "curve assist" or "trace assist" or something along those lines.

Like "lane keep assist," this new elaboration of using electrically (rather than hydraulically) powered steering is designed to exert control over the steering. "Lane keep assist" is marketed as designed to keep the car from wandering out of its travel lane; the presumption being the driver is either too addled or too distracted to do that without "assistance." Cameras in the car see the painted lines that define the lane the car is in and if the driver allows the car to wander such that a tire touches either painted line on the road, the electrically-powered steering will countersteer the car back into its driving lane.

That's how it's marketed.

What the marketeers do not tell the marks is that they will also be "assisted" back into their lane when they are trying to change lanes – i.e., when they are attempting to thread the needle in traffic – if they do not signal each lane change prior to making it. Which makes it hard to change lanes smoothly because the steering is trying to prevent it. Well, then just signal before you change lanes! But everyone knows that if you do so, it can make it harder to change lanes because this alerts the cars you're trying to pass to your intentions and it is not uncommon for some of them to try to prevent you from passing, as by speeding  up to close the gap.

Regardless, it's robotic – mindless –  to  always signal. Because there are times when it is not necessary. As when there are no other cars near you.

Heaven forbid drivers exercise judgment.

Which brings us back to "curve assist." This "technology" also uses the electrically-assisted power steering that pretty much all new vehicles have now. They have it for two reasons; the first being that it "saves" a fractional amount of gas by eliminating what would otherwise be the load on the engine of a belt-driven hydraulic power steering pump and the second being because electrically-assisted power steering can be controlled by electronics.

Put another way, electrically assisted steering gives the driver the illusion of control over the car's steering – just the same as electrically controlled throttle (drive-by-wire) gives the driver the illusion he is in control of acceleration. Just the same as electrically-controlled gear-selectors give the driver the illusion he has control over whether the transmission is in Park or Drive or Reverse.