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On the other hand: The pilots are highly trained to fly and how to use the autopilot including the limitations.
by thesimon 10y ago
On the other hand: The pilots are highly trained to fly and how to use the autopilot including the limitations.
- bisby 10y agoAnd while the name is perhaps misleading to the xommon layperson, your comment of "it is not in fact an autopilot" is flat out wrong. Instead perhaps "it is in fact an autopilot, but you don't know what an autopilot is or how it should be used"
- ams6110 10y agoYou're arguing semantics. The average person will see "autopilot" and experience a few "happy" drives where the car stays in its lane and has no problems. Then they will stop paying attention and die when they are asleep when it "hands over control" at 60 mph due to a failed sensor or something.
- MagnumOpus 10y agoExcept when they aren't - see Air France 447 for what happens when a driver has to step in after the autopilot can't cope with the situation. Then enhance the frequency of it happening by three orders of magnitude given that Tesla drivers are generally not professional drivers, let alone trained in the quirks of an autopilot in the beta release stage...