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> I'm not a Elon fan but the autopilot in a plane does basically the same (if we are saying that planes and cars do the same thing, which is transport people) t
by tivert 3y ago
> I'm not a Elon fan but the autopilot in a plane does basically the same (if we are saying that planes and cars do the same thing, which is transport people) that Tesla's or many more manufacturers "autopilot" does on highways.
Even if true, when you talk about consumer marketing, none of that matters.
I don't have name for it, but there's a whole class of bad-faith, deliberately misleading statements that exploit the difference between common and technical understandings (e.g. say something you know most people will inaccurately interpret as X, then fall back to the much narrower Y when challenged).
- JohnFen 3y agoI call it "lying". It's a special subset of lying, but the intention is to be deceptive, so it's in that category.
- devin 3y agoI’m pretty sure this would match Harry G. Frankfurt’s definition of “bullshit”.
- iwonthecase 3y agoYes, like GP said: "marketing"
- bee_rider 3y agoI think it is pretty well understood, for example if you look at something like the IEEE code of ethics, that technical professionals have an obligation to honesty beyond just not lying; a requirement to communicate in a way that helps the general public clear up likely misunderstandings.
- justincredible 3y ago[dead]