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by aylmao 2995 days ago
> I still like it and am glad I opted for it, but it is far from earning its namesake.

I trust the intelligence of drivers, but this brings up a good point. Could calling it "autopilot" be perhaps a bit much right now? I'm not claiming it's false advertising kind of bad, but I can see it being better for marketing than giving a reasonable sense of what the feature is capable of.

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I would argue that the "creates false expectations that leads to fatal automobile collisions" kind of bad is potentially a more serious kind of bad than the "false advertising" kind of bad.
It is an accurate use of the term. If the system is warning you when you take your hands of the wheel, you would have to be a moron to assume that your attention is not required.