So why is Tesla calling that feature "autopilot"?
An autopilot in an airplane does not absolve the pilot of responsibility to maintain vigilance and avoid unsafe conditions. Same in the car.
This is false, and I don't know why Tesla stans keep bringing this BS up like it's some sort of justification.
A modern aircraft autopilot is fully capable of taking a plane from takeoff to landing without any pilot intervention required. Pilots frequently use autopilot in flight, but rarely do so for takeoff or landing because it's more stressful to monitor the craft's autopilot system at those moments than it is to simply handle those parts of the flight themselves (and at least for autoland functions, the airport must be certified for autolanding).
There are also tens of thousands of Cessna’s etc. that have the functionality I described and no more (sometimes less).