Tesla Autopilot Naming
Discussions center on whether Tesla's 'Autopilot' is a misleading name for its driver assistance feature, as it implies greater autonomy than provided, compared to 'Full Self-Driving' (FSD), with debates on marketing, expectations, and aviation analogies.
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It's called autopilot, not self-driving.
This is what Tesla's Autopilot should be called.
How is it in the context of self driving, if autopilot is not self driving?
Autopilot is not advertised as self driving.
Autopilot means it will pilot itself.. automatically.Tesla is using "guidance assistant". Huge difference.Their terminology is either very confusing at the best, or bluntly deceiving at the worst.
We're talking Autopilot, not FSD
They shouldn't market it as "autopilot"
Maybe because every other car manufacturer calls it "cruise control" and not "full self driving autopilot"?
Autopilot, not autosteer. Wording here is important.
Tesla Autopilot != Self-driving(full autonomy)