How posts on HN reach #1 is a topic all by itself. To assume it's impossible to game the ranking is foolish. If I were going to try to fool people with an AI

How posts on HN reach #1 is a topic all by itself. To assume it's impossible to game the ranking is foolish. If I were going to try to fool people with an AI generated story, I might also take special steps to help push that post as high up as possible. Regarding the "content" of the post in question, as TheVerge article notes, "there’s a lot of not-great writing on these here internets, so I guess it’s possible that this could pass as “content marketing” or some other content". Indeed; so much of the internet is full of meaningless fluff and re-speak (for SEO gaming, referral link promotion, etc.), that whether the fluff is generated by AI or a human is kind of irrelevant.