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> Tesla's system demands more from drivers than manual driving. I often wonder if auto-pilot is truly 100% auto-pilot if it requires you to keep an eye out for

• Erlich_Bachman 9y ago
  This is what it's commonly called currently. Not super weird if you consider that there is an autopilot on planes - which only keeps direction and altitude. You also have to keep en eye on it and of course steer it to where you want it to go.
  • culturestate 9y ago
    Autopilot on a modern commercial aircraft does much more than hold heading and altitude. It's quite possible for autopilot to fly the plane autonomously almost entirely from takeoff to landing.
    • VBprogrammer 9y ago
      Autopilots on aircraft are remarkably dumb in comparison to even the simplest forms of self driving. They are quite capable of flying an aircraft into the side of a mountain if that is what the pilot selects.
    • Erlich_Bachman 9y ago
      The dumbest possible version is still called Autopilot.
    • Piskvorrr 9y ago
      Almost almost, iff on happy path and in good enough weather and this and that...In other words, just what we have here: "it helps you fly/drive, unless it doesn't, but you're still in command and responsible for taking over if it becomes unhappy." With flying, there's rarely a situation such as "concrete wall at 12 o'clock" - this might be the distinction w/r/t driving.