I agree that 'co-pilot' would also be a very misleading name. I think they should avoid these sort of airplane analogies entirely and just describe features as

I agree that 'co-pilot' would also be a very misleading name. I think they should avoid these sort of airplane analogies entirely and just describe features as they are. E.g. call lane assist "lane assist", call adaptive cruise control "adaptive cruise control." These are terms that reasonably convey what the systems do, without exploiting the public's general ignorance of how airplanes work.