I got the impression that the author is very familiar with the topic and wrote this for shits'n giggles. The "article" is a string of entertaining nonsense that doesn't go anywhere and seems to purely mock some of the typical philosophical musings filled pseudo-tutorial articles that crop up on HN from time to time. Especially comparing it some other stuff on that site[1].
The witty writing style, completely silly analogies and puns somehow remind me of a certain Unix-grey-beard that I had as a high school teacher (the "FerdiNAND" line would be spot on for the guy).
And yes, I have read the response from the author below yours[2], and I believe there's some brilliant trolling going on here at the moment. ("oh yes, you're right! I actually am utterly clueless.")
[1] https://sebastiancarlos.medium.com/from-ai-to-zi-an-encyclop...