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Re:As of April 7, 2020, CA DMV has issued two Driverless Veh... by omgwtfbyobbq on Monday April 13, 2020 @10:35AM (#22856191)
I wouldn't go so far as to call it lying. Unless you believe anyone who makes an inaccurate forward looking statement is lying, in which case I would say the majority of people lie the majority of the time when making forward looking statements.
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Re:As of April 7, 2020, CA DMV has issued two Driverless Veh... by DanCarvajal on Monday April 13, 2020 @07:04PM (#22861140)
It's a lie because he knows he can't reasonably achieve anything he's promising on any of the stated timelines. It's Theranos but with cars.
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Re:As of April 7, 2020, CA DMV has issued two Driverless Veh... by omgwtfbyobbq on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @05:28PM (#22871693)
It's possible. Do you have any specific examples?

My experience with forward looking statements has been that people interpret something with many caveats as promises with no caveats.

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