[witnessme]

Why is featured as #1 on the frontpage. I get it, nice piece of satire and a bit controversial. But it is not productive at all.

[nhaehnle]

If you'll look at the Guidelines for HN linked at the bottom of the page, you'll note that whether a submission is productive is not a criterion.

You could perhaps make an argument that among the flood of AI-related submissions, this one doesn't particularly move the needle on intellectual curiosity. Although satire is generally a good way to allow for some reflection on a serious topic, and I don't recall seeing AI-related satire here in a while.

[kachapopopow]

because at this point we need a little bit of comedy in our lives to keep ourselves sane.

[chinathrow]

It's a Sunday.