The problem isn't autopilot, it's overconfidence in autopilot. The driver who was killed was allegedly watching a movie and speeding when he crashed. Tesla's

The problem isn't autopilot, it's overconfidence in autopilot. The driver who was killed was allegedly watching a movie and speeding when he crashed. Tesla's response is that autopilot is still in beta and people shouldn't rely on it too heavily, oh and by the way here's a story of a man who's Tesla drove him to the hospital after he had abdominal pain. There are plenty of Youtube videos of people screwing around while using autopilot, with a few near misses when autopilot screwed up. When building a several ton vehicle you need to design for human flaws, and Tesla hasn't. Every other manufacturer with adaptive steering and autopilot-esque features has created attention checkers to ensure the driver doesn't rely too heavily on autopilot. If one of them released a beta autopilot the NHTSA would be on the phone in record time telling them to knock off the foolishness. Tesla makes very cool cars, and the technologies they and other autonomous car companies are developing will absolutely save lives, but it's stupid to ignore the human factor until you've developed a car that 100% doesn't need a human driver.