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Isn't it because it is advertised as "Full Self Driving"? Not everyone is an expert on AI or follows auto news in detail.

• sli 2y ago
  The name "Autopilot" for their lane-keeping feature clearly relies on most people not knowing how autopilot works in planes, because it's heavily implied to be autonomous driving and it's not. It's just a Tesla scam.
  • watermelon0 2y ago
    AFAIK pilots don't need to hold the yoke for autopilot to work on planes, but this is required in Tesla.
  • chucksta 2y ago
    I don't think its clear they are relying on people not knowing how autopilot works on planes because I don't think most people know autopilot on planes exist for the most part. 10-15% of the US population has never been on a plane.
  • bell-cot 2y ago
    THIS. If you asked a bunch of pilots about the capability level they'd expect from something called "autopilot", then compared with the answers you'd get from a bunch of Joe Averages...yeah. When people don't know squat, and they hear some Marketing-speak, and they'd like to believe - the next thing you know, they've convinced themselves that Santa's magic elves are making it all work, and nothing bad could ever possibly happen.