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Re:Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously compl... by rullelito on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @02:07AM (#22306583)
People in general think this is what autopilot means since that is how it is portrayed in movies and books.
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Re:Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously compl... by bananabreakfast on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @02:16AM (#22306630)
What movies are you watching where they turn on autopilot and the plane lands itself??

If anything, movies portray planes as extremely hard to fly, and the heroic pilot always has to take over from the autopilot.

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Re:Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously compl... by shrimpx on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @02:49AM (#22306777)
In the movie “Airplane” the autopilot is an inflatable humanlike doll full on manning the plane. :-)
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Re:Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously compl... by scraffa on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @02:39AM (#22306732)
My airplane can land itself. I always assumed that was normal.
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