Thought the same thing and was surprised how high this was ranking. I wonder if we are starting to look past the LLM stank and into the core of the idea (which is solid in this case)? If HN, a highly discerning crowd, is able to look past it then many other audiences are probably okay with it too
Often people don't even read the article, they just see a headline they agree with and upvote it.
I usually read the comments before deciding if the article is worth my time.