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Totally agree. I'm really sad to see Tesla jump the gun on this one and claim they have "autopilot". It seems similar to the debate around landing New Shepard / Falcon 9, except here the false claims and half-baked implementation could set self-driving cars back by another 5 years.

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Are you worried about them setting self-driving back by 5 years versus a base case where Tesla didn't exist, or setting it back 5 years versus the 20 or so years of advancing and popularizing the possibilities that they've done?

Isn't autopilot appropriate name? Like autopilot in planes doesn't just fly the whole plane and do everything needed.

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