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Linus Torvalds tells AI haters to fork off: Linux supremo says contributors opposed to AI use can 'just walk away' (lore.kernel.org)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1264750/linus-torvalds-tells-ai-haters-to-fork-off-linux-supremo-says-contributors-opposed-to-ai

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[โ€“] Armand1@lemmy.world 173 points 1 month ago (10 children)

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.

I think broadly speaking what he says is reasonable. If you don't want to use AI, then don't, but I think it can be used somewhat responsibly.

I have all sorts of issues with AI tooling:

  • the centralization of power
  • the load it adds on maintainers because of the amount of slop bad developers (and non-devs) produce with it
  • the environmental impacts of using larger models
  • the data centers causing health risks
  • the impact on the PC industry
  • the degeneration of skills and knowledge.

That said, it's a tool, and can be used to amplify good work too.

[โ€“] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A lot of my smaller issues with ai could be solved if it was used better like how I'd much rather see an ai that could be used to make music instead help you find similar songs or if ai giving you all the answers messes your ability to think why not put in the effort for a great search engine that doesn't require you to already know what the perfect search terms are like a libertarian in a way more so than an oracle, reverse an ai art bot to find similar human made art from an ai image if you can't describe it

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