If they'd only called it "advanced cruise control with lane assist" instead, they sure as hell would have improved things.

The Autopilot in Tesla is more like the one you'd find in an A-10C (three options: hold this current level vertical path; hold this heading and altitude, or hold this altitude) than how I guess most people perceive Autopilot to work (like in what Airbus is actually developing now, ie https://www.businessinsider.com.au/airbus-completes-autonomo... - that article talks to how people incorrectly perceive autopilot to do everything in a plane, for now at least ).

Ie it's a really useful tool, but it's in no way to be confused with FSD.

Autopilot is Autopilot.

Wikipedia: "Autopilots do not replace human operators. Instead, the autopilot assists the operator's control of the vehicle"

No one is confused about Tesla's Autopilot because not only do you have to agree on how to use it before you can enable it, but it constantly nags and reminds you while driving.

> constantly reminded

Now, yes.

A couple of years ago? Every fifteen _minutes_.

I was using Autopilot 2 years ago. Not even close to 15 minutes. Within seconds.