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> That word has a long history. It really is the best existing word to use.

Yeah except it doesn't seem to mean what you think it means

> equipment on an aircraft or ship to make it continue to travel in the correct direction by itself without needing a person to control it

Whenever a crash happened where the car went straight into a static thing, or failed to see splitting lanes and crashed in the wall, Tesla clearly clarified that their system was "needing a person to control it" at all time.

So no, Tesla driving help are not an autopilot, they're piloting help or copilot or whatever variant of that you want.



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