I agree that some of the headline around this video are a bit overstated, but it is nevertheless a deserving credit to Tesla's autopilot system for handling the incident so well. I also agree that an "alert and competent" human driver would handle the situation the same way, but I don't think it's safe to assume that all or even most drivers are usually "alert and competent".

Imagine if you could be confident that the cars sharing the road with you were all "alert and competent" at all times because they were using a solid autopilot system.