You missed the mark entirely. But it does reveal how you latch on to an idea about someone and don’t let it go, completely letting it cloud your judgement and arguments. You are not engaging with the conversation at hand, you’re attacking a straw man you have constructed in your head.

Of course self-driving cars aren’t a nonsense idea. The execution and continued missed promises suck, but that doesn’t affect the idea. Claiming “humans are geniuses without equal” would be pretty dumb too, and is again something you’re making up. And something doesn’t have to be “all snake oil” to deserve specific criticism.

The world has nuance, learn to see it. It’s not all black and white and I’m not your enemy.