Re: what does a plane autopilot do?
With aircraft autopilot you could be completely hands off and not paying attention while cruising. I'm not saying pilots actually do that, but that's the impression the public get when they hear "autopilot". Hence the confusion with Tesla's naming.
And if two planes on autopilot are at the same altitude and on a converging bearing then autopilot will fly those two planes into each other. Telsa's autopilot actually does MORE in the sense of evasive action than autopilot in a small plane.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
