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My Mazda CX-5 has those adaptive cruise features. Nowhere in the manual is it described as “autopilot”.

If that’s all autopilot is, why not market it as adaptive cruise control? Search in your heart, I believe you know the answer.

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Yes, that's the problem. Autopilot was named Autopilot which is just ACC. Full self driving is level 2 self driving. FSD should be renamed to Autopilot and Autopilot just take on another name or just ACC.

But then, the company itself could be worth 0 (per Musk own estimation). That is the real problem.

Why would a company with billions in quarterly profits be worth zero?

Ask Elon Musk.

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tesla-worth-basica...

If it weren't for tax handouts, stock manipulation, and crypto schemes, it would be worth zero now.

Just because one does not know the definition of Autopilot, doesn't make on right. If you look at the definition you will se that "Autopilots do not replace human operators."

> Just because one does not know the definition of Autopilot, doesn't make on right. If you look at the definition you will se that "Autopilots do not replace human operators."

If someone needs to know the definition of a feature in order to dispel myths based on the name, surely you can admit it's a bad/misleading name?

I make a product which features what I call: ToddlerSafe.

One warning though: my product is not safe for toddlers.

It'd get very onerous for the consumer to keep track of all the deceiving practices that every business could throw at them if we go down that path.

You are basically stating that it's the consumer's job to know when a marketing tactic is deceiving them, that simply doesn't work in a society... Or why do you think there are consumer protection laws?

Auto pilot in a plane will still fly you into whatever is in front of you.

But the general public knows very little about aviation technology unforunately.

What is your definition of autopilot? Are you okay with your pilot taking a nap on your next flight? Adaptive cruise control with lane assist is a nearly perfect analogy for what autopilot does on an aircraft, which is the origin of the word.

God, I hope not. Planes on real autopilot crash a lot less than Tesla’s product does.

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