The part that is in principle amenable to replication is where they throw a lot of stuff at the wall and see what sticks. The part where they hype their own wor

The part that is in principle amenable to replication is where they throw a lot of stuff at the wall and see what sticks. The part where they hype their own work, on the other hand... as a rule of thumb, if this really were a breakthrough on the level of AlphaGo, they wouldn't have to make that comparison themselves, someone else would be impressed enough to do it for them.