First of all I stated my bias.
What part of how autopilot is marketed do you find to be gross negligence?
I would ask, what is the existing definition of autopilot as defined by the FAA? Who is responsible when autopilot fails? That's the prior art here.
Additionally if NTSB failed to clearly define such definitions and allowments for marketing, is that the fault of Tesla or the governing body?
I'm pretty neurotic about vehicle safety and I still don't think this clearly points to Tesla as being in the wrong with how they market these features. At best it's subjective.
>What part of how autopilot is marketed do you find to be gross negligence?
The fact that it's not an autopilot is a great start.
>I would ask, what is the existing definition of autopilot as defined by the FAA? Who is responsible when autopilot fails? That's the prior art here.
I don't think the FAA defines terms, and prior art is something specific to patents that has no relevance to the worlds of marketing and product safety.
>Additionally if NTSB failed to clearly define such definitions and allowments for marketing, is that the fault of Tesla or the governing body?
NTSB does not approve of marketing nor does it provide such definitions. On what basis do you have to suggest they did any of the sort that Tesla needed their approval?
>>Additionally if NTSB failed to clearly define such definitions and allowments for marketing, is that the fault of Tesla or the governing body?
It's Tesla's. They marketed a product that does not do what they claim it does. The fact that when it does not do those things it can cause (deadly) harm to others, is why they received such a steep adverse judgment.
>I'm pretty neurotic about vehicle safety and I still don't think this clearly points to Tesla as being in the wrong with how they market these features. At best it's subjective.
Who cares how neurotic you think you are? You haven't come across reasonable in this conversation at all.
> At best it's subjective.
It's objectively not autopilot.
The FAA does define how autopilot can and should be used, and so should the the NHTSA (mixed up the transpo acronyms) for ADAS. I suspect the FTC may address false marketing claims if NHTSA does not.
> You haven't come across reasonable in this conversation at all.
This is a discussion. We can disagree. No need to attack me.
> No need to attack me.
I'm not attacking you, it's a direct response to your frequent appeals to yourself as some sort of authority for reason and sensibility in this discussion, when your responses clearly indicate that you are being neither reasonable nor sensible.
> The FAA does define how autopilot can and should be used,
Yeah... in airplanes.