5 ms·

I hate that they use the name "autopilot" for lane assist and adaptive cruise control with aggressive braking you can't disable.

by parski 3y ago

rob74 3y ago
TBF that's similar to what the "autopilot" does in airplanes: it mostly handles the cruise phase of the flight, but the more complicated maneuvers (takeoff and landing, and if anything unexpected should happen in between, that too) must still be handled by the pilots.
- atwrk 3y ago
  Etymology seldomly works as an argument. Tesla didn't use 'autopilot' because it works like the autopilot of a plane, but because normal people associate the word with concepts they learned from tv shows for decades, think knight rider.
- rsynnott 3y ago
  I mean, Autoland has been available in civilian airliner since the 1960s, and is somewhat commonly used. I don't think auto-takeoff has ever made it past the experimental; it's not particularly clear why you'd _want_ it. Airbus has been testing it for the last few years, though.
jillesvangurp 3y ago
A lane assist that navigates complex junctions in cities, gets you from A to B, etc. It's a bit more than lane assist at this point. The main criticism on FSD is not that it isn't capable of doing these things. Because it obviously is at this point as demoed in countless videos where people try it out. Instead it's that it's not doing these things safely enough that it would be able to do so unattended. That's a valid criticism. It's mostly fine but when it isn't, it's a problem. Either way, removing the requirement to have your hands on the wheel seems to be not doable as long as that's true. And that's of course the promise that has yet to be delivered. Worth noting that this is yet another anti-tesla article from Jalopnik. They've spread clickbait and misinformation on this topic before. I wouldn't take anything they say as established fact without independent confirmation. Authors there play very loose with the facts.
- mvdtnz 3y ago
  Autopilot and FSD are two different things. Autopilot is just lane assist and cruise control.

I hate that they use the name "autopilot" for lane assist and adaptive cruise control with aggressive braking you can't disable.

by parski 3y ago

I hate that they use the name "autopilot" for lane assist and adaptive cruise control with aggressive braking you can't disable.

rob74 3y ago

TBF that's similar to what the "autopilot" does in airplanes: it mostly handles the cruise phase of the flight, but the more complicated maneuvers (takeoff and landing, and if anything unexpected should happen in between, that too) must still be handled by the pilots.

atwrk 3y ago
Etymology seldomly works as an argument. Tesla didn't use 'autopilot' because it works like the autopilot of a plane, but because normal people associate the word with concepts they learned from tv shows for decades, think knight rider.
rsynnott 3y ago
I mean, Autoland has been available in civilian airliner since the 1960s, and is somewhat commonly used. I don't think auto-takeoff has ever made it past the experimental; it's not particularly clear why you'd _want_ it. Airbus has been testing it for the last few years, though.

jillesvangurp 3y ago

A lane assist that navigates complex junctions in cities, gets you from A to B, etc. It's a bit more than lane assist at this point. The main criticism on FSD is not that it isn't capable of doing these things. Because it obviously is at this point as demoed in countless videos where people try it out. Instead it's that it's not doing these things safely enough that it would be able to do so unattended. That's a valid criticism. It's mostly fine but when it isn't, it's a problem. Either way, removing the requirement to have your hands on the wheel seems to be not doable as long as that's true. And that's of course the promise that has yet to be delivered. Worth noting that this is yet another anti-tesla article from Jalopnik. They've spread clickbait and misinformation on this topic before. I wouldn't take anything they say as established fact without independent confirmation. Authors there play very loose with the facts.

mvdtnz 3y ago
Autopilot and FSD are two different things. Autopilot is just lane assist and cruise control.