Stephen Hawking News (Conspiracy?)

This actually is a MM topic, but it's not a MM science topic, or not exactly. Instead it's a conspiracy topic. I've read several of MM's conspiracy papers, including on Hawking, John Lennon, Michael Jackson and probably others. MM makes a good case for Hawking being an imposter. But the following new item seems to put that claim into some doubt.

Stephen Hawking opens British artificial intelligence hub
http://www.breitbart.com/news/stephen-hawking-opens-british-artificial-intelligence-hub

Is it likely that a Hawking look-alike would have similar intelligence as Hawking? Or would it be possible for an actor to fake enough intelligence to start a national artificial intelligence hub? Or are his handlers able to do most of the work for the actor, making it look like he did the work himself?