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By that argument, every car with cruise control (i.e. almost all of them) has autopilot. Clearly, with their naming of their system as autopilot rather than cr
by ummonk 8y ago
By that argument, every car with cruise control (i.e. almost all of them) has autopilot.
Clearly, with their naming of their system as autopilot rather than cruise control, Tesla is trying to imply that autopilot means something more. Namely, it means the driver / pilot can offload the work of routine driving / flying to the computer, only intervening in certain times (e.g. off0highway or takeoff / landing) or in the event of failures / extreme conditions.
- soulofmischief 8y agoDo you understand the difference between going in a straight line and going at a consistent speed? Cruise control only enables the latter.
- bdamm 8y agoTo go straight in a car, just release the steering wheel.
- natch 8y agoStraight isn’t everything. Autopilot keeps you in your lane even as the road curves. With caveats. It’s beta after all.
- whenchamenia 8y agoIt its "in beta" as you say, keep it on private roads until out of beta. Sincerely, everyone else.
- lawnchair_larry 8y agoNo way. Even in beta, I’d much rather put up with roads full of autopilot Teslas than a road full of human drivers. Have you seen how people drive?
- natch 8y agoIn beta it’s probably still better than most humans, so that stance makes no sense. We’d do better to get human drivers off the roads.
- GavinMcG 8y agoGiven that the answer to your "question" is obviously going to be yes, why did you choose that tone? Do you think there's a virtue to being dismissive and rude? Does it accomplish some worthwhile goal?
- soulofmischief 8y agoYou're probably right. I wasn't trying to be dismissive, I just naturally matched OP's energy without giving it much thought. But with a little forethought I could have presented my argument with a more neutral tone.
- ummonk 8y agoSo Tesla autopilot is superior to cruise control because it keeps you going in a straight line, and that's totally a feature car consumers need?