Post #3533126

2026-07-02 10:12 UTC

When I first pushed back on randomly putting LLM configs in the kernel, I was excluded from the conversation. Then when further discussion was had about it, I was excluded from the conversation. Then when I submitted a proposal to the maintainer's summit about AI, I was rejected and excluded from the conversation there. And when documentation was submitted to the kernel, my feedback was ignored and I was excluded from that conversation too. There was literal press about Linus calling me an idiot for it. When I pushed back on a person lying about using LLMs to generate code, I was attacked and contradicted and forced to concede the discussion. And recently, in yet another discussion about LLMs in the kernel, I was excluded from that too. At each point I've had to fight to have my point of view heard. It feels like many people in the kernel community just want to stick their head in the sand about AI slop. But it's not magically going away. Ignore me all you want.

Replies (5)

@mro@digitalcourage.social 2026-07-02 10:29

Hi @ljs@mastodonapp.uk #asbestos was a praised, almost magic material. Initially. Its early critics may have experienced what you did. P.S.: and as usual, evidence will be plenty, once the damage is done.

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@lkundrak@metalhead.club 2026-07-02 10:38

@ljs@mastodonapp.uk you're fighting a good fight. my prophetic time machine (gently fondles the bong) suggests that when the fan starts rolling on full speed, the shit will start landing on very surprised faces who absolutely couldn't have known any better but as far as exclusion from conversations go, please don't let it take a toll on you and also do not make me tap the sign *shrieks echoing in distance*

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@d1@autonomous.zone 2026-07-02 11:06

@ljs@mastodonapp.uk thx for trying 💖

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@luc0x61@mastodon.uno 2026-07-02 12:13

@ljs@mastodonapp.uk This is collateral to how praised open source projects work. Just tiny examples of absolutisms, where the participants don't realise it, until they grow a personal perspective clashing with the worshipped Only Truth.

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@pelle@veganism.social 2026-07-02 13:03

@ljs@mastodonapp.uk thank you for your anti-AI service 🫡

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