[rurounijones]

I think you are nitpicking definitions here when it is not the issue.

The issue is that the general public think of "Autopilot" as the magical piece of technology that automatically pilots thing while you sip a pina colada and otherwise switch off mentally.

What the 0.5% of people who actually know what is required of the flesh and blood pilot when using an aviation autopilot is not the issue. It is what the majority understand.

Changing what Tesla is allowed to call it is the path of least resistance rather than trying to educate the general public on "what the team actually means in the industry that made the term famous and therefore should be universally applied elsewhere".

[Robotbeat]

> It is what the majority understand.

Yeah, you're going to have to provide some evidence of that, not just assertion (as common as that assertion may be on HN).

The word "autopilot" has a well-established definition. You might think "automobile" was a fully automatic vehicle.