Torvalds: AI Tools Great When Not Causing Unnecessary Pain & Pointless Make-Believe Work

Phoronix·May 18

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Linus Torvalds has expressed mixed views on ai tools, stating they are great when not causing unnecessary issues. However, he notes that ai-powered bug reports are making the linux security mailing list almost entirely unmanageable. The influx of ai-generated bug reports appears to be disrupting the handling of security discussions and bug fixes for linux.

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