Linus Torvalds has started using AI to develop the Linux kernel
What's happening
Linus Torvalds has started using AI to develop the Linux kernel, and he calls AI a "gateway drug" into programming while warning against using it for "serious" work. He says contributors must understand their code regardless of what tools they use, and has criticized blanket anti-AI rules as "idiotic." The conversation about "don't use AI for X" and required confessions of AI tool usage among kernel developers has surfaced across community and press channels.
Why it's trending
This is rising because core Linux maintainers are openly adopting AI tools while reshaping norms about disclosure and responsibility for kernel contributions.
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If Linus Torvalds calls AI a "gateway drug" and says anti-AI rules are "idiotic," maybe banning AI in open source was the real risk, not the tools themselves.
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Original sources5
- Linux kernel devs drop obligatory confession of AI tool usage
Torvalds says contributors must understand their code, whatever tools they use
The RegisterOct 14 - Linux creator says anti-AI rules are "idiotic." (Absolute god-tier take.)r/LocalLLaMAOct 17
- Linus Torvalds on "don't use AI for X"HackerNewsOct 16
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