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Exactly, you won't be able to summon your car to NYC from your garage in LA for at least another 2 to 3 years!I'm confused, are you implying that pilots don't nap in first class and drink in the back?
But seriously, we're going in circles. I think the name AP + the way it was advertised boarders on misleading. At the same time, anyone who spends 5 minutes doing their due diligence on a car purchase, would know that Autopilot != Autonomous.
No. His argument (and mine) is that when you call something "autopilot" it should say what's written on the tin. If the car can't guarantee the safety of its occupants while changing lanes, because it can't see over its shoulder (which a proper automated or autonomous car can do) then don't call it "autopilot". It's misleading and will give a bad name to automated or autonomous driving. That's all. Is autopilot cool? Probably. Is it automated in any way? No. Adaptive cruise control and lane keeping don't make a car automated. They've been around for a while and they are just what you call "active safety features". Key word is safety. If Elon had had the roadster with these features several years back he'd have called them autopilot or starship enterprise or something. No question the man is a marketing genius, but that's not what Bertel's bet was about. Don't pretend like you're not understanding his point. That is bad faith.
Well, that's unfortunate. It would appear clear that Forbes cares nothing for integrity.
... I though Forbes would be a bit more particular who they allow write for them.
Just what do you think an aircraft autopilot (which this is named after) does?
This does everything one of those does, there's absolutely nothing deceptive about the name, it's actually an amazingly good comparison. If you think autopilot doesn't require pilots, please explain why there's always 2 of them on every flight?
Lots of people have issues with the name. And Musk may have oversold it's on-ramp to off-ramp capabilities, but Autopilot != Autonomous.
Considering how blindingly obvious tesla has made this, and how many clueless people still can't interpret the extremely clear warnings, and all the precedent with every other device ever made that accomplishes some task without the operator manually doing every single step, I'm starting to actually wish some of you would just go ahead and sue tesla and get it over with. I want a huge court case. That way people can ignore not only every word tesla has ever said, everything tesla has ever written, the entire history of technological advancement of the world, but also a judge's ruling.In auto-pilot mode:
Tesla controls steering
Tesla controls brakes
Tesla controls accel
Human controls nothing.
Call it what you like (autonomous or autopilot, no difference) - if the car crashes while Tesla controls it, and somebody dies, Tesla better have its lawyers ready, as I'm sure they do.
I can name the forum members who will disagree with this post, most of them. God bless them every one. But they're wrong.
Considering how blindingly obvious tesla has made this, and how many clueless people still can't interpret the extremely clear warnings, and all the precedent with every other device ever made that accomplishes some task without the operator manually doing evert single step, I'm starting to actually wish some of you would just go ahead and sure tesla and get it over with. I want a huge court case. That way people can ignore not only every word tesla has ever said, everytging tesla has ever written, the entire history of technological advancement of the world, but also a judge's ruling.
It is positively insane that anybody is so obtuse as to think that this is a self driving car and Tesla should be liable. That's not how it works, it's not how it had ever worked before, and it's not how it ever will work in a world that I want to live in.
In auto-pilot mode:
Tesla controls steering
Tesla controls brakes
Tesla controls accel
Human controls nothing.
Call it what you like (autonomous or autopilot, no difference) - if the car crashes while Tesla controls it, and somebody dies, Tesla better have its lawyers ready, as I'm sure they do.
I can name the forum members who will disagree with this post, most of them. God bless them every one. But they're wrong.
In auto-pilot mode:
Tesla controls steering
Tesla controls brakes
Tesla controls accel
Human controls nothing.
Call it what you like (autonomous or autopilot, no difference) - if the car crashes while Tesla controls it, and somebody dies, Tesla better have its lawyers ready, as I'm sure they do.
I can name the forum members who will disagree with this post, most of them. God bless them every one. But they're wrong.
Can we focus on how crappy Forbes and Bert are instead of the same boring AP debate?
As I recall, you are the person who posted that with your Tesla on Autopilot on the freeway you were reading and ignoring the road and everything outside the car because you believed that Autopilot was capable of doing all the driving.In auto-pilot mode:
Tesla controls steering
Tesla controls brakes
Tesla controls accel
Human controls nothing.
When someone posts obviously incorrect information about Autopilot, or anything, it needs to be corrected no matter what the thread is about.Can we focus on how crappy Forbes and Bert are instead of the same boring AP debate?
I can name the forum members who will disagree with this post, most of them.
I AM a licensed (airplane) pilot and "autopilot" is the perfect description for what it does. One could use the more technically correct but pedantic term "automatic flight/driving control system" but the point is: you remain the driver/pilot supervising the machine. Come on...
I AM a licensed (airplane) pilot and "autopilot" is the perfect description for what it does. One could use the more technically correct but pedantic term "automatic flight/driving control system" but the point is: you remain the driver/pilot supervising the machine. Come on...
Agree....Forbes should have more class (and smarts) than associating with this worthless scribe...you lie down with dogs...