Linus Torvalds puts his foot down, tells anti-AI programmers to 'fork it'
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ZDNET's key takeaways
- Don't like that AI is used to develop and maintain Linux? Torvalds says: Tough!
- AI is part and parcel of developing Linux now, and that's not changing.
- Other top Linux maintainers agree with Torvalds. AI is here to stay.
Many people hate AI. They don't trust it a bit. Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, isn't one of them. Torvalds thinks AI can be quite useful for programming and maintenance. Indeed, AI is explicitly approved for use in the Linux kernel.
However, that didn't stop some people from wondering if AI should be used in Linux development. For example, the Zig language project has adopted strict policies against AI-generated code.
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To those who'd like to see Linux take a similar stance,...
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