I think we've had this discussion a number of times on HN ( * ). Calling a certain driving mode "Autopilot" rather than "cruise control" sends a message. A lot,

I think we've had this discussion a number of times on HN ( * ). Calling a certain driving mode "Autopilot" rather than "cruise control" sends a message. A lot, if not most people, perceive the message as being "self-driving car". The fact that Elon deemed fully autonomous self driving cars just around the corner a number of times certainly doesn't help. I personally lost track. Are we at full self-driving capability yet? Or is it in 2020? Should be any day now, right? Just for entertainment, here's a headline from the Tesla website from 2016: "All Tesla Cars Being Produced Now Have Full Self-Driving Hardware" [1]. I know, in the post they make clear that the software is not there yet, but how many on HN (and on the internet in general) are not a little bit guilty of reading only the headlines? [1] https://www.tesla.com/blog/all-tesla-cars-being-produced-now-have-full-self-driving-hardware https://www.tesla.com/blog/all-tesla-cars-being-produced-now... ( * ) by "we" I don't mean the two of us, just the HN community in general.