Post #3866908

2026-07-16 17:07 UTC

@eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place Linus Torvalds, of all people, succumbing to "AI" psychosis was not on my 2026 bingo card.

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@theeclecticdyslexic@mstdn.social 2026-07-16 17:45

@ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place He admitted years ago that he doesn't code anymore, he manages people. He also has aged very fast in recent years. I've noticed, anecdotally, a link between age and genAI exuberance. Contrary to past technology adoption it seems to correlate the opposite direction. Young people seem to range from apathetic use to butlerian jihad. I think it's about ability to accept cognitive overload. Many older people have less tolerance for it; "can't teach an old dog new tricks".

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@PVTejas@mstdn.social 2026-07-17 04:39

@ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place i don't think what Linus is doing is AI psychosis. He isn't under some delusion that AI will fix everything. The Linux kernel accepts LLM contributions only if a human is there to take ownership of it. I do hate that the core of open source is selfishly accepting the use of such an exploitative technology, but that's a step removed from psychosis.

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