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Some can. Airplane autopilots are tremendously varied. Some are as simple as a gyroscope hooked up to the ailerons to keep the wings level. I’m always baffled a
by mikeash 8y ago
Some can. Airplane autopilots are tremendously varied. Some are as simple as a gyroscope hooked up to the ailerons to keep the wings level. I’m always baffled as to why people think “autopilot” implies any sort of autonomy.
- ionised 8y agoProbably because that's what the name suggests.
- leetcrew 8y agoas a Greek and Latin student, there are quite a lot of English words that don't quite mean what I would expect. if it's really important that I understand how a word is normally used in English (eg, some critical safety context), I look it up.
- simion314 8y agothere are words and expressions well know from pop culture, like say time travel, do you need to look up some physics book to find the definition or find some experiments where they prove time travel is or not possible ?
- leetcrew 8y agoI don't usually make $40,000 decisions that depend on time travel.
- simion314 8y agoHow do you research it though? Do you read reviews, watch videos or you search online for the technical manuals with all the details before you buy ? The reviews and videos may not contain all the details you will get in the technical manual that you don't have before you get the car.
- leetcrew 8y agoif I'm spending that much money on something I can die in, you better believe I'm reading reviews in all the major car publications (and btw, all the in depth reviews do a pretty good job explaining what you need to know about tesla autopilot), watching reviews on YouTube, seeing what owners have to say on the relevant forums, etc. If the car has some new safety feature that I don't understand, I'm definitely reading everything the manual has to say about it before I drive off the lot. then again I'm one of those weird people who actually takes the recommended safety precautions when I do dangerous things. I also do crazy stuff like checking my tire pressure.
- Someone1234 8y ago> I’m always baffled as to why people think “autopilot” implies any sort of autonomy. It is literally in the name.
- mikeash 8y ago“Auto” just means “self.” Do autobiographies write themselves? Does the word “automobile” imply no driver is needed?
- Someone1234 8y agoIt doesn't "just" mean that. You aren't arguing in good faith when you choose to selectively use and ignore dictionary definitions of common words as it conveniences you.
- simion314 8y agoAuto can mean also automatic, autonomous , you are trying to defend the meaning of autopilot by bringing aviation definition, it would be similar to me telling all the people that they are using language wrong because in chemistry or math the word X ids defined to mean something a bit different. in physics acceleration is used when things slow down too, but at least in my language this is weird and in day to day use acceleration means increase in speed, you want to understand how/why most people define autopilot as more then dr5iver assist then just ask them and stop telling them they are wrong because in domain X the word is used different.
- mikeash 8y agoI’m not saying they’re wrong. I’m saying their understanding of the word baffles me. That’s not the same thing, and it’s kind of annoying to be attacked just for not understanding people.
- simion314 8y agoLet me try to explain, people are not knowledgeable on how airplane autopilot works, what people understand when they hear autopilot is from what they had seen in movies or games, read in books or what the words actual mean.