If yesterday's Post Reports podcast [0] is anything to go by, there's also an issue with the autopilot refusing to give back control to the pilot in some situations because of what you just mentioned, on the basis that it would spare their clients the associated pilot retraining costs.

Picture being at the wheel of a self-driving car, with an obvious crash looming, and the car refusing to let you, the driver, take back control and steer the wheels or step on the brakes.

[0]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/questio...