Did GoogleAI Just Snooker One of Silicon Valley's Sharpest Minds?

In 1904, the horse du jour was Clever Hans, widely reputed to be so much smarter than his brethren that he could do math, tell time, and even read and spell. Word spread fast by word of mouth, and eventually the occasionally gullible The New York Times reported that Hans was so smart that he "can do almost everything but talk". Ask Hans what 12 plus 13 is, and he would stamp his feet 25 times. People were amazed, and paid good money to see him. Turns out the horse knew no math; it had solved the arithmetic problems--all of them --in a different way.