It's just a typical crackpot paper like those math enthusiasts who self-claimed to prove Goldbach's conjecture or disprove special relativity. If it's not obvious enough, see the author's comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44350876
This post proves an interesting theory though: even the most random thing can get traction on HN as long as it mentions AI.
A lot of people see a title that is "subject I want to discuss" and jump to the comment section without even bothering to look at the link. There has been a lot AI hype, so counter-hypists are starved from content and just jumped on the first "confirmation bias title" they could find.
Thank you for the comment, "typical crackpot" feels a bit light considering how unhinged that is.
What's wrong with that? Most likely, the discussion coming from various people has more value than any single article, unless it's something truly phenomenal.