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Originally Posted by humdizzle
I have yet to try the autopilot myself.. but if i still have to be behind the wheel and pay attention then whats the point?
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One of the biggest issues in this whole thing I personally think is Tesla's choice of a name for the function. "Autopilot" makes it sound like it is autonomous which it is not, and is not intended to be. Hopefully this little bit of brainless marketing won't be too costly for Tesla.
Most people associate "autopilot" with aircraft, where those that don't know assume it basically flies the plane without intervention. To some extent it is true, and some systems can even land the plane, but that is because there is a lot more sophisticated guidance systems going on there, including outside information feed to the plane from multiple sources (GPS/ILS, etc). There is even a decent level of collision avoidance but there is also always a human overseer.
In the end no one is going to ride in the back of an airplane that doesn't have a human in the cockpit watching over the automation no matter how sophisticated it is.
Why someone would get into a car and trust the automation to this level is beyond my level of reason and comprehension.