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Re:Driver who died in a Tesla crash using Autopilot ignored ... by dragonwriter on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @03:56PM (#14597992)
“Autopilot” is worse, not because of what “autopilot” actually means in aviation, but because of what “autopilot” suggests to the car-buying public, who are, generally, not aviators.
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Re:Driver who died in a Tesla crash using Autopilot ignored ... by hsod on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @06:00PM (#14598989)
What does the car-buying public think those folks in blue suits are doing at the front of the plane?
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Re:Driver who died in a Tesla crash using Autopilot ignored ... by neumann on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @07:08PM (#14599318)
Giving each other handskys!
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Re:Driver who died in a Tesla crash using Autopilot ignored ... by Robotbeat on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @01:50PM (#14606192)
No, I think many people just don't like the term and so decided everyone is confused by it. They're not.

It's not self-driving, it's autopilot. That's the contrast they're drawing, and it actually IS clear to the car-buying public. A car is the second biggest single purchase you're going to make in your life, so people aren't going to /not/ figure out what the term means before buying the car.

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