Absolutely beautiful rant about AI in Linux Kernel from Linus yesterday:
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
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@javilop ¿Entonces ya habéis probado esta Surface que tan buena os parece?... No creo que vosotros, que no sois los "locos fanboy" , os hayáis dejado llevar por un anuncio como hacen los fanboy ...¿Verdad? sois mejores
«Pobre gente, debería recibir una ayuda».
Juan Y Medio te explica a su manera que, en el fondo, hemos subcontratado al Estado nuestra humanidad y capacidad de preocuparnos y ocuparnos en primera persona de la gente que necesita ayuda.
@josesilesdata La IA se comerá todos esos trabajos menos el tuyo ¿Verdad? Algún dia acertareis pero no tendréis dinero para pagar internet para postearlo
@inversorBetico No hablemos de chorradas de si liberales , si rojos , si impuestos....solo preguntaros..comparado con hace solo 5 años ¿Estais mejor económicamente? ¿Compráis lo mismo con el mismo dinero? ¿Las infraestructuras y servicios públicos se han al menos mantenido al nivel?
@patowc@antonello Ya sabes porque los sueldos no suben en este pais. Como ves, tienes a un montón de currantes que te van a poner toda clase de problemas por los que no deberíamos de ganar mas dinero. Todos premios Nobel en economía. No tenemos remedio, normal que nos gobiernen pirados
@Ratioxdelratiox A mi me parece que la mujer hace mucho perdió la guerra del feminismo con estas mierdas y por culpa de cuatro petardas. Por otro lado, yo no llevaría a mis hijos de 4 años a ver a estas petardas que ya sabes lo que hay te guste o no