[will_hughes]

> And it's also called "Autopilot" which sets an extremely different tone and expectation than other driver-assistance/safety technologies.

Only to those not familiar with autopilot systems in aircraft.

It's like the use of "hacker" - here on this site it still (probably) has most of it's original meaning. To the rest of the world it means a guy in a ski-mask with a russian/chinese accent who's after your bank account.

Unfortunately most of the world thinks pilots in commercial aircraft turn on the autopilot and can then go for a sleep, so when they see "Autopilot" on a Tesla, they think they can do the same.

[mchahn]

> most of the world thinks pilots in commercial aircraft turn on the autopilot and can then go for a sleep

They can go to sleep and the plane will continue to fly itself. However, if anyone found out they were sleeping heads would roll.

Autopilot electronics on a plane is trivial. Autopilot for a car is damn hard.

[lttlrck]

> Only to those not familiar with autopilot systems in aircraft.

Isn’t that most people?

[Trundle]

>Unfortunately most of the world thinks pilots in commercial aircraft turn on the autopilot and can then go for a sleep

They can go for a sleep though.

[will_hughes]

Only if you're happy waking up to find you're about to plow into another large object at a high rate of speed.

The Pilot in Command is expected to sit in their seat and monitor the aircraft, surrounding airspace and the radios, and be ready to take control at a moments notice.

They can't go for a snooze without handing that over to another pilot first.

[vsl]

The same expectation applies to drivers of Tessa's Autopilot.