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This could have been avoided just by calling it "Partial Self Driving" and then everything would be above board.

That’s only part of the problem. They’re specifically investigating claims Elon made himself where he said the car drove itself without human input. He’s repeatedly made claims like this.

Or "Fool's Self Driving" to preserve the pronunciation:-)

Haha I like the Fool's Gold analogy because his family owned an Emerald company in Zambia:

  "During that time," said Errol, speaking to Elon's college years, "I managed to send money I made from emerald sales to him and [Elon's brother, Kimbal Musk] for living expenses."

It's advanced cruise control, basically, and if advertised as such it'd be great.

That was auto-pilot. FSD literally does what it says, if the government didn't require you to be attentive you wouldn't have to be.

If you value your life you won't let a Tesla ever drive you without paying attention the entire time.

That’s what they call it in the aerospace industry /s

"Self driving" means something. There are industry standards for that phraseology that pre-date Tesla's (mis)usage.

"Autopilot" may have been colloquially misleading (because of the public's unfamiliarity with aviation), but I don't think that name was problematic. Autopilot in planes can historically look like a basic cruise control.

However, some of the associated statements and demonstrations at that time were problematic. (e.g. "The person in the driver’s seat is only there for legal reasons. He is not doing anything. The car is driving itself.")

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