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Linus Torvalds says AI has made 'huge' Linux kernel updates the new normal (www.theregister.com)
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[–] 161 points 3 months ago (11 children)

Every Linus AI headline for the last year: "AI is the future, adapt or die, if you hate AI leave Linux."

Every actual Linus quotation from those articles: "AI can be a powerful tool in the hands of experienced human programmers that are still responsible for every line of code they push."

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  • [–] 54 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (9 children)

    AI isn't perfect. But Christ, anybody who points to the problems at AI had better be looking in the mirror and pointing at themselves at the same time.

    - Linus Torvalds

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  • [–] 40 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Ya, I was a terrible developer before, now I'm still terrible but faster. LOL

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

    I will never use AI unless I am paid to like I currently am. I am not a worse developer for it. I have been learning software engineering continuously my entire life. I am completely self taught for over a decade professionally and longer than that in my free time. I have no university degree. I grew up in poverty in nowheresville Kentucky.

    I don't need an LLM to learn or succeed. LLMs literally need people like me. I am sad Linus cant see it that way, but never meet your heroes so they say. l

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (3 children)

    I'm not sure you understood. That quote is defending against AI haters

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    No I think that quote is attacking AI haters. Hes saying the people who say ai code has issues should look in the mirror because so does theirs.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 months ago*

    because people with an agenda are seeing:

    • linux people hate ai
    • top linux guy doesn't hate ai

    then try to combine those while leaving out the specific details so people come to their own conclusions based on emotional reaction in the hopes that linux users will turn away from linux or even change their views on ai the same way maga fucks change their views on epstein

    or maybe its just an every day well intentioned headline like everything else

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