Fake tech demos, a brief history

Elon Musk has been called out for a spate of strange fibs lately (and if anything, he should have been called out for many more). Here's the latest: At Tesla's We, Robot event this week, the Optimus robot that served attendees drinks were not as autonomous as Musk was claiming. According to multiple reports, the Tesla robots were operated by humans using remote controls. But if it seems like Musk is plumbing new depths in his bid to make Tesla look like it has its finger on the future's pulse (rather than having a Cybertruck-shaped millstone around its neck), think again. Musk is simply repeating a trick so old, Benjamin Franklin fell for it.