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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Those are really crappy names. How about "driver assist" and "supervised self driving"? Drop the "supervised" once they're ready to market it as real self driving.

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

FSD is called Full Self-Driving (Supervised) nowdays.

Autopilot can be seen as a misleading term but that has more to do with people not understanding what autopilot on airplanes actually does which is quite similar to what it does on Teslas aswell.

[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Autopilot isn't being marketed to aviation enthusiasts nor is it a plane so it doesn't matter how autopilot in planes works it matters what the perception is. They could have used a more appropriate term like advanced cruise control