I think that Tesla is the most to blame here.
Other manufacturers make it clear that their car is not self driving, using names like "assist". Tesla boldly uses names like "autopilot" and "full self driving".
Autopilot is somewhat OK (plane autopilots mostly just help flying straight, the pilot still flies the plane), but studies have shown it is misleading to the general public and I am convinced it is on purpose.
"Full self driving" is a lie, plain and simple. Tesla tries to justify saying that it is still beta, that in the future, it will really be self driving, aka marketing bullshit.
If we let marketers loose, words lose their meaning, and that's when I think it is time to do the unpopular thing and regulate. Maybe, after that, Tesla will take a hint from Boring and call their advanced driving assist technology "not full self driving".
Other manufacturers make it clear that their car is not self driving, using names like "assist". Tesla boldly uses names like "autopilot" and "full self driving".
Autopilot is somewhat OK (plane autopilots mostly just help flying straight, the pilot still flies the plane), but studies have shown it is misleading to the general public and I am convinced it is on purpose.
"Full self driving" is a lie, plain and simple. Tesla tries to justify saying that it is still beta, that in the future, it will really be self driving, aka marketing bullshit.
If we let marketers loose, words lose their meaning, and that's when I think it is time to do the unpopular thing and regulate. Maybe, after that, Tesla will take a hint from Boring and call their advanced driving assist technology "not full self driving".