They kind of took that quote out of context. In another article he begins the quote with something like "I'm completely making this up but imagine...". It wasn'

They kind of took that quote out of context. In another article he begins the quote with something like "I'm completely making this up but imagine...". It wasn't completely serious. His real example was more around using AI to help moderators so they are focussed less on grunt work and more on community. Sounds sensible. In reality though I think he just thought it would be fun to give Digg another shot - and why not?