Yeah, I'm supervising, and I don't think I've had to take over any time this year.
In 2025 it was occasionally driving weird. Today it's a much better driver than me.
In 2025 it was occasionally driving weird. Today it's a much better driver than me.
That just makes you less prepared when you do have to take over. That's the danger of almost-perfect self driving.
In the case of Tesla, daring to call such a system "Autopilot" is a breathtaking level of irresponsibility. You are responsible for the vehicle you are driving, practically, morally and legally, even if a companies' marketing and the system itself does its very best to divest you from that simple and obvious truth.
Pilots still are required to be able to take over immediately for an autopilot system and are responsible and accountable for all those items you list and more.
Calling it autopilot is precisely what it is, calling it self driving would be false marketing.
We are talking about cars, not planes. Driven by regular people, not pilots.
It's a term chosen specifically to evoke a certain connotation among the majority of people, and you know it.
Autonomous driving is something entirely different in my mind. That would be a car good enough to work without driver controls or a remote operator. Nothing on the market meets this definition today.
Most people expect other things from something marketed as flying, but specialists know that this is exactly how most things fly. And lawyers know to read the fine print.
/s and argumentum ad absurdum, sorry for eristic tricks.
Hasn't been my experience for the past year or so, give it a try sometime. Incredibly relaxing and frees up my mind to focus on potential hazards further than just one car length in front of me. Sometimes (don't hate me) frees up my hands/eyes to handle other things that need some temporary attention. Traffic jams, getting cut off by impatient drivers, being stuck behind slow drivers, none of it bothers me. I'm chilling out and talking to my kids and enjoying the scenery.
The current FSD system has no relation to the old Autopilot, is enormously better, and very pleasant to use. A year ago FSD was nice, but I had to take over occasionally. This year it's much better, and I've yet to see a weakness, aside from some parking issues.
It's definitely a better driver than me!