alt Hacker NewsIn that case, autopilot is the correct term.
Pilots still are required to be able to take over immediately for an autopilot system and are responsible and accountable for all those items you list and more.
Calling it autopilot is precisely what it is, calling it self driving would be false marketing.
That is an absolute _hogwash_ of an explanation, and it comes up every single time this discussion is had.
We are talking about cars, not planes. Driven by regular people, not pilots.
It's a term chosen specifically to evoke a certain connotation among the majority of people, and you know it.