alt Hacker NewsIn that case, autopilot is the correct term.
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.
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wafflemaker • today at 4:12 AM
With this line of reasoning I can sell any car as a plane without wings. It flies, but only off a cliff, and doesn't land, but I only said it flies, not that it lands.
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.
That is an absolute _hogwash_ of an explanation, and it comes up every single time this discussion is had.
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.