>I realize that some people really dislike AI, but this is an area where I'm willing to absolutely put my foot down as the top-level maintainer.
>Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects, and if somebody has issues with that, they can do the open-source thing and fork it.
>Or just walk away.
>AI is a tool, just like other tools we use. And it's clearly a useful one.
>It may not have been that "clearly" even just a year ago, but it's no longer in question today.
>There are other questions around AI (like what the economy of it will actually look like in the end), but "is it useful" is no longer one of those questions. Anybody who doubts that clearly hasn't actually used it.
>Yes, it can also be a somewhat painful tool, both for maintainer workloads and just from a "it keeps finding embarrassing bugs" standpoint.
>But the solution is not to put your head in the sand and sing "La La La, I can't hear you" at the top of your voice like some people seem to do.
>The solution is to make sure those LLM tools _help_ maintainers instead of just causing them pain. There's no question on that side.
>We're not forcing anybody to use it, but I will very loudly ignore people who try to argue against other people from using it.
>And no, 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.
>Because it's not like natural intelligence is always all that great either.
>The kernel project has been and will continue to be about the technology.
>Sure, the social angle of working on open source is important and often a very motivating part of the project, but in the end that's a side benefit, not the _point_ of the project.
>This is *NOT* some kind of "social warrior" project, never has been, and never will be.
>In the kernel community we do open source because it results in better technology, not because of religious reasons.
>And so we make decisions primarily based on technical merit. Not fear of new tools.
>Linus
>>33739it sucks that the two most prominent spokespeople for free software have to be a gross foot fungus eating pederast and a greedy soulless corporate bootlicker, basically the worst expressions of out-of-touch privileged white male mentality.
*BSD chads we just can't stop winning