But you're inventing the strawman that anyone who thinks the AI isn't there yet is in denial... some of us just have a higher bar than tailwind slop.
(Ironically I think SWEs most impressed by current agents are really done for... no niche non-tech knowledge to translate into novel software. But also don't have great taste/product sense: otherwise no one would have to point out that the UI/UX is not good enough.)