For those unaware, Linus Torvalds this year has deeply cast his lot with the hyperscale LLMs for development of Linux code, dismissing arguments that this is an abdication of responsibility over that code base.

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[+] -39 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

Then go make your own if you disagree, the fork button is right there

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  • [–] 34 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    Pretending "just forking" is a viable option is disingenuous. There's momentum and an organizational structure which evolved through decades, which cannot be replaced overnight.

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  • [–] 23 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    What really bothers me about "just fork it" is that it is a viewpoint fundamentally opposed to collaboration

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  • [+] -7 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    I think the anti-ai crowd beat me to “opposed to collaboration,” that’s how we got here in the first place.

    If these folks didn’t screech about other people’s choices they wouldn’t hear “just fork it”

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago

    I think the point is we disagree with the premise that AI is inherently collaborative- but that's not the main point, there are very many other complex and morally fraught considerations using AI code in general.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Well if you're so smart why don't you just go fork yourself?!

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