Don't say "whatever you call it", because I think a BIG problem is what they call it. It's called autopilot. What does that mean to 95% of people? Tesla chose to call it that because it sounds really cool. Much of their success is due to that the fact that their cars are really cool. The cool sexiness of their cars is why so many people will pay $50,000 and much higher for them.
I'm sure that there were some people in Tesla's development process that said it's not a good idea to call it Autopilot. They analyzed it and said that if they use the term "Autopilot" it will appeal to X% more people, and sell XX,XXX more cars.
I think the links that Martin posted previously are important. There is a point where a certain percentage of driving autonomy is really dangerous. If my car on autopilot will steer and stop itself successfully 75% of the time, what will I do? PAY ATTENTION! 90%? Pay attention. 99.9%? I'm probably not paying as close attention as I should. There is some % that is the most dangerous. I don't know exactly what that percentage is, but I'm sure there are studies that have been done on it.
https://medium.com/self-driving-cars/blurring-the-line-between-level-2-and-level-3-d16529794e1
The term Autopilot should not be used if a car cannot stop itself if it suddenly encounters a stopped vehicle.
I'm sure that there were some people in Tesla's development process that said it's not a good idea to call it Autopilot. They analyzed it and said that if they use the term "Autopilot" it will appeal to X% more people, and sell XX,XXX more cars.
I think the links that Martin posted previously are important. There is a point where a certain percentage of driving autonomy is really dangerous. If my car on autopilot will steer and stop itself successfully 75% of the time, what will I do? PAY ATTENTION! 90%? Pay attention. 99.9%? I'm probably not paying as close attention as I should. There is some % that is the most dangerous. I don't know exactly what that percentage is, but I'm sure there are studies that have been done on it.
https://medium.com/self-driving-cars/blurring-the-line-between-level-2-and-level-3-d16529794e1
The term Autopilot should not be used if a car cannot stop itself if it suddenly encounters a stopped vehicle.