Having no interest is totally normal. I remember hearing the same thing from my Dad about cruise control, automatic transmissions, power windows, and air-conditioning.
Said he could perfectly well do without all those new fangled gadgets that would just be expensive items to fix. Said he could shift smoother than any automatic, roll up and down his window by himself, did not trust cruise control to not kill him, and air conditioning just sucked the power out of his engine, as well as causing it to overheat going up long hills.
He was right, of course. Nobody needs any of those things, and at the time, few had good experiences with them.
Same thing now. If you go by forum posts, there certainly are enough causes for concern. At first (18 Months ago) I thought autopilot was trying to kill me. Ping Ponged back and forth in the lane, was a bit erratic in controling speed and spacing and generally had a bit of its own mind as to where the car should go.
Since then there have been rapid advances in capability. Car goes straight down the lane, switches lanes with ease, maintains great spacing and speeds. Baby steps indeed.
Think no body need this, but it certainly is the future of personal transportation. Driver takes control when they wish to be a driver, and lets the computer take over when they want to be more of a passenger, with the computer taking over much of the load.
Autopilot does the easy stuff easy, but the difficult situations get a little gonzo. Owners learn where they can trust Autopilot and where a prudent driver will take over the controls.
Nice thing about the autopilot is that Tesla lets you decide either to order it with the car, or wait till later (at an additional cost) if they want to add it back in.
I have a Mercedes without autopilot and the X with. Most every trip I choose to take the X.
