I don't think the author is overestimating, I remember when this paper came ouy it was printed/aired all over the media as a The Great AI That Can Read Your Tho

I don't think the author is overestimating, I remember when this paper came ouy it was printed/aired all over the media as a The Great AI That Can Read Your Thoughts (TM). I thinking he's just piling on the hype and showing what it really was.