Yes it can but you need the highest quality links..

Your question alone doesn't make a lot of sense. Homever I guess something maybe still works , but it wont for a long time. Use your time and energy for something else.

I know of a few people that still have rankings with their autoblog....
but they are for very long tail keywords.

My advise is that the amount of time involved in setting an autoblog up is actually better spent creating a value website that actually provides value to people.