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by samatman 838 days ago
> An autopilot is a system used to control the path of an aircraft, marine craft or spacecraft without requiring constant manual control by a human operator. Autopilots do not replace human operators. Instead, the autopilot assists the operator's control of the vehicle, allowing the operator to focus on broader aspects of operations (for example, monitoring the trajectory, weather and on-board systems). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopilot

Other than the vehicle, this would seem to apply to Tesla's autopilot as well. The "Full Self Driving" claim is the absurd one, odd that you didn't choose that example.