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When they introduced it, they called the video "Autopilot: Tesla Self-Driving Demonstration" and it opened with a disclaimer that said "The person in the driver
by fxtentacle 7y ago
When they introduced it, they called the video "Autopilot: Tesla Self-Driving Demonstration" and it opened with a disclaimer that said "The person in the driver's seat is only there for legal reasons. He is not doing anything. The car is driving itself."
That's the buyer expectation for the word "autopilot" that I was referring to.
EDIT: Apparently, the sensor package is still called "self-driving hardware", which I'm sure creates a certain expectation if you purchase the "self-driving hardware & autopilot software" bundle.
- close04 7y agoTesla still explicitly sells "Full Self-Driving Capability" which "Includes the Full Self Driving Computer" [0]. But the disclaimer on the bottom is pretty noncommittal: > "The activation and use of these features are dependent on achieving reliability far in excess of human drivers as demonstrated by billions of miles of experience". On one hand "are dependent on" actively avoids stating that they're there but the "billions of miles of experience" is clearly aimed at suggesting to buyers that they are. Which they are not since the car cannot handle many/most situations that a human driver is expected to handle to be called "a driver". [0] https://www.tesla.com/modely/design#autopilot https://www.tesla.com/modely/design#autopilot