Post #3880737

2026-07-17 08:24 UTC

Linus Torvalds dismissed AI in 2024 as mostly marketing. This week, he (rightfully) told kernel developers that Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects and that AI is now a clearly useful tool. He says AI's usefulness was still arguable a year ago but no longer is, and that the doubters simply haven't used the tools. Nobody is forced to use AI, but he will ignore anyone trying to stop others from using it. Anyone who wants an anti-AI project, he says, can fork the code or walk away. 👏 🎯

Replies (2)

@martijnveken@infosec.exchange 2026-07-17 08:39

@bartgroothuis@mastodon.online in my opinion it is Linus that should fork off ;)

Open ##3880736
@reinouts@mastodon.green 2026-07-17 11:53

@bartgroothuis@mastodon.online Maintaining a fork of the Linux kernel would take an army of highly skilled developers, and Torvalds would be the first to know this. From where I stand, the question is not whether LLMs can be _useful_. Sure they can. The question is whether the negative externalities from training and using them are really worth it.

Open ##3884479