It’s democracy, stupid.

It’s because they sold investors on artificial general intelligence and artificial super intelligence as milestones. Now that it’s clear they’re failing to deliver, they’re moving the goalposts. Also they suck Trump’s tiny dick.

That’s a solid theory. Here’s another one: he always does this to losing candidates as a way to distance himself from the blame.

A lot of American VC types are high on their own supply and interpret past luck as success and intelligence.