It seems that continuously promising something is X weeks/months/years away is seen as optimism and belief, not blatant disregard for facts.
I'm sure the defence is always, "but if we just had a bit more money, we would've got it done"
I'm sure the defence is always, "but if we just had a bit more money, we would've got it done"
You can make a case that partial self driving is a route to FSD, the ISS is en route to Mars and (you can make a potentially slightly less compelling case) LLMs are on the way to AGI.
No one can make a case that lady was en route to the tech she promised
I think the more abstract and less defined the end goal is, the easier it is to make everything look like progress.
The blood testing lady was a pass/fail really. FSD/AGI are things where you can make anything look like a milestone. Same with SpaceX going to Mars.