The article actually discusses the lane change feature specifically. He argues that, if the car requires the driver to look and confirm that the lane change is safe, you're probably better having the driver be in control of the whole process.

As a driver, this makes sense to me. I've definitely had cases where someone driving quickly "has appeared out of nowhere" while I'm changing lanes. I'd much rather be fully engaged in the lane change process and prepared to immediately back off than to have given an autopilot a thumbs up and let it handle the details.

I for one would read autonomously changing lanes as the system choosing the optimal lanes - and swapping - itself.

What you're describing is more like assisted, user initiated lane change.