The difference is that Linus uses LLM's as a tool, not as a hands off content creator.

The LLM points out something a human missed in the same way spell check finds typos. Then a human reads the suggestion and writes the fix.

Those other projects are not at high quality control like Linux. They probably vibe slop it and introduce a lot of regressions. Such data would be interesting on Linux too, just to have some comparison. But I don't think it's exploding regressions, as there is no indication for that so far.

As somebody who is quite critical of AI, I will say, it is a fantastic tool for finding bugs early. I advise getting all your changes reviewed by a decent LLM before you push them. It often finds edge cases I forgot in my testing

That's a pretty big limitation! They shouldnt have bothered plotting that, it's basically just a plot of time.

I haven't even looked at this yet but someone posted https://lwn.net/Articles/914632/ elsewhere in the thread, so sending it to you. As noted, less time to find in recent versions.

yes, you need to find the vulnerabilities before the hackers and it just so happens that LLMs aren't terrible at it.

It's natural to think that way if you don't think the implications through - like the infamous WWII plane showing holes in the fusilage and the implications on which parts of the aircraft needed reinforcement. :)

If you checked the commits you would see that some of the bugs in Linux being found with AI tooling have been present for many years.

I encourage everyone to go have a read for themselves.

Linux hasn’t become some slop treadmill like you’re implying.

Such a lemmy moment, unable to admit AI is capable of anything that might be considered useful.

Yes AI is good at writing bugs, it's also good at finding exploits.

Many of the bugs have been present for years. This is about finding bugs that humans didn't, then humans fixing the bugs.

These were not a problem, because no one found them, but they were still there. Now they are being found, if not by the folks patching them, then by those looking to exploit them. There is no way to navigate this than to patch whatever is found.