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There are 2 big problems autopilot is not a real autopilot, in this case marketing names thing as they want since there are not laws what you can call autopilo

There are 2 big problems autopilot is not a real autopilot, in this case marketing names thing as they want since there are not laws what you can call autopilot The "autopilot" is designed to stop if something happens with the driver not to continue driving, so it OBVIOUS something went very wrong and we don't need to debate that the autopilot saved his life, it could as well killed many other people.

kbenson 8y ago
> autopilot is not a real autopilot, in this case marketing names thing as they want since there are not laws what you can call autopilot I'm a bit curious what you think a real autopilot is and how it works. Do you imagine a bunch of planes flying around with pilots asleep or away from the cockpit? I think autopilot is probably a surprisingly appropriate and accurate name, but most people don't have any real idea what it means so we see a lot of surprising assumptions being brought to bear.
- simion314 8y ago
  Unfortunately I am not the right person to ask since I know what Tesla autopilot is, what you should ask is if you go on the street and ask 100 people what it means that a car has autopilot and maybe show them some popular youtube videos promoted by Tesla fans you will get a number of people telling you that autopilot means that the car will drive itself from point A to B. I do not understand the point of trying to change the meaning of autopilot to mean lane keeping, or car chasing but with 100% attention still needed, then how will you name the real autopilot ? In the article it mentioned that a drunk guy said it is OK to drive drunk because of autopilot , do you think he would also be confused if marketing would have been more honest/modest ?
  - kbenson 8y ago
    > I do not understand the point of trying to change the meaning of autopilot to mean lane keeping, or car chasing but with 100% attention still needed, then how will you name the real autopilot ? Again, I ask you what you think an autopilot function in a plane does? > do you think he would also be confused if marketing would have been more honest/modest ? I'm merely noting that you said "autopilot is not a real autopilot", and I think that name is actually accurate, but unfortunately the public has a skewed perception of what autopilot means. Specifically, you can read the first paragraph of Wikipedia's entry for it[1] and it should be fairly clear where the public understanding (and possibly your interpretation) of what autopilot is and what it is and is meant for in reality. To cut to the chase, since you seem to have ignored most my hints to look into how autopilot works, it does not automate every portion of flying a place, but just allows pilots to focus on other aspects of operating the craft. A pilots should not ignore the operation of the plane just because of autopilot any more than a driver should ignore operation of a vehicle with some driving assist technology. In both cases, they are assistive technologies, not replacement for drivers. If you want to make some case about what Tesla specifically said in addition to the naming, feel free to do so, but I'm not interested in arguing that. It wasn't what you initially argued, and it wasn't why I replied (I'm not interested in defending Tesla, just pointing out the naming may not be quite as bad as you think). 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopilot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopilot

kbenson 8y ago

> autopilot is not a real autopilot, in this case marketing names thing as they want since there are not laws what you can call autopilot I'm a bit curious what you think a real autopilot is and how it works. Do you imagine a bunch of planes flying around with pilots asleep or away from the cockpit? I think autopilot is probably a surprisingly appropriate and accurate name, but most people don't have any real idea what it means so we see a lot of surprising assumptions being brought to bear.

simion314 8y ago
Unfortunately I am not the right person to ask since I know what Tesla autopilot is, what you should ask is if you go on the street and ask 100 people what it means that a car has autopilot and maybe show them some popular youtube videos promoted by Tesla fans you will get a number of people telling you that autopilot means that the car will drive itself from point A to B. I do not understand the point of trying to change the meaning of autopilot to mean lane keeping, or car chasing but with 100% attention still needed, then how will you name the real autopilot ? In the article it mentioned that a drunk guy said it is OK to drive drunk because of autopilot , do you think he would also be confused if marketing would have been more honest/modest ?
- kbenson 8y ago
  > I do not understand the point of trying to change the meaning of autopilot to mean lane keeping, or car chasing but with 100% attention still needed, then how will you name the real autopilot ? Again, I ask you what you think an autopilot function in a plane does? > do you think he would also be confused if marketing would have been more honest/modest ? I'm merely noting that you said "autopilot is not a real autopilot", and I think that name is actually accurate, but unfortunately the public has a skewed perception of what autopilot means. Specifically, you can read the first paragraph of Wikipedia's entry for it[1] and it should be fairly clear where the public understanding (and possibly your interpretation) of what autopilot is and what it is and is meant for in reality. To cut to the chase, since you seem to have ignored most my hints to look into how autopilot works, it does not automate every portion of flying a place, but just allows pilots to focus on other aspects of operating the craft. A pilots should not ignore the operation of the plane just because of autopilot any more than a driver should ignore operation of a vehicle with some driving assist technology. In both cases, they are assistive technologies, not replacement for drivers. If you want to make some case about what Tesla specifically said in addition to the naming, feel free to do so, but I'm not interested in arguing that. It wasn't what you initially argued, and it wasn't why I replied (I'm not interested in defending Tesla, just pointing out the naming may not be quite as bad as you think). 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopilot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopilot