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Torvalds: AI Is the New Compiler, Not the New Programmer (pbxscience.com)
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[–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago

Pretty unlikely.

The way the kernel devs seem to be using LLMs isn't really going to lead to any bugs that wound't have snuck in anyways.

I'm not a tech bro or AI apologist. I'm choosing to skeptically trust Linus in this case. Based on my understanding of how it's being used, I don't think we have a lot to worry about.

That being said I wish he would STFU about it because the "Linus is pro-AI now guys" headlines are not doing the world any favors.