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Let's say you are right that there is an epidemic of careless and underskilled drivers. Is it then ok to give those people a drive assist system named "autopilot" and "full self driving" with strong wink and nudge that people can drive with less attention ? Regardless of legal responsibility, with your assumption, it seems it's totally fair to criticize Tesla for making an already terrible problem worse.

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You’re ignoring almost all of what I typed.

The fact of the matter is, the name does not matter. Multiple warning messages get displayed that get ignored by drivers. You’re doing exactly what I called out: blaming everything but the driver.

Are you proposing a mere name change is all that is required to improve reading comprehension on warning labels?

People are generally proposing all of at least (1) a name change, (2) a stop to the false claims and marketing and (3) better driver monitoring. Some people are proposing additional things, like (4) changing the way it reacts to corrections in order to not discourage active involvement, or (5) limiting the situations in which it can be enabled, or even (6) changing how it is turned on.

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