The Autopilot in Tesla is more like the one you'd find in an A-10C (three options: hold this current level vertical path; hold this heading and altitude, or hold this altitude) than how I guess most people perceive Autopilot to work (like in what Airbus is actually developing now, ie https://www.businessinsider.com.au/airbus-completes-autonomo... - that article talks to how people incorrectly perceive autopilot to do everything in a plane, for now at least ).
Ie it's a really useful tool, but it's in no way to be confused with FSD.
Wikipedia: "Autopilots do not replace human operators. Instead, the autopilot assists the operator's control of the vehicle"
No one is confused about Tesla's Autopilot because not only do you have to agree on how to use it before you can enable it, but it constantly nags and reminds you while driving.
Now, yes.
A couple of years ago? Every fifteen _minutes_.
Tesla never said Autopilot is autonomous.