No they get criticism for calling the whole thing "autopilot" and presenting it as if paying attention was optional.

Even my engineer colleagues still operate under the impression that Tesla Autopilot == Self-Driving. One of the dangerous things, to me, is a combination of PR and user experience. The PR/advertisement creates the impression (directly or indirectly) that a Tesla drives itself, and the technology enforces the sentiment by working well 'most' of the time. This article just enforces this. The driver killed was an engineer, who noted that Tesla's auto-pilot would veer into danger (in the spot he was killed), filed a report/complaint, yet still, had enough confidence in the tech to read a quick text.

> and get a lot of criticism for requiring that the human pays attention at all times

Because that's the law... and...

> They don't even try Level 5 for now

That's not what Elon has been telling us for years... Full Level 5 is just months away!