> Why do people work so hard to intentionally misunderstand what self driving and autopilot mean? (they don't mean autonomous) Because of statements like this:

> Why do people work so hard to intentionally misunderstand what self driving and autopilot mean? (they don't mean autonomous) Because of statements like this: "The person in the driver's seat is only there for legal reasons. He is not doing anything. The car is driving itself." Because the ways that real humans use the system. People defeating the wheel and texting is commonplace. It is just reliable enough to disable human vigilance and then be really unsafe.