I feel rather consternated that this response effectively boils down to "yes, we know we overhyped this to get people's attention, and now that we have it we can be more honest about it". Fighting for place in the attention economy is understandable, being deceptive about it is not.
This is part of the ethical morass of why some more serious researchers aren't touching the benchmark. People are not going to take it seriously if it continues like this!
This is part of the ethical morass of why some more serious researchers aren't touching the benchmark. People are not going to take it seriously if it continues like this!