Because that's the vision of many companies trying to sell AI. Saying that what it can do now is actually already good enough might be true, but it's also moving the goalposts compared to what was promised (or feared, depending who you're asking).

One of the many important skills needed to navigate our weird new LLM landscape is ignoring what the salespeople say and listening to the non-incentivized practitioners instead.

Can we get specific? What company and salesperson made what claim?

Let's not disregard interesting achievements because they are not something else.