Linus Torvalds slams AI as ‘90% marketing and 10% reality’

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has called AI little more than a marketing ploy.

In a recent interview with TFiR at the Open Source Summit in Vienna, Torvalds acknowledged artificial intelligence is “really interesting” and that it’s “going to change the world,” however he added the initial hype doesn’t yet justify its usefulness.

Torvalds reportedly grimaced as labelled the current state of the AI market as “90% marketing and 10% reality.”

Linus Torvalds isn’t a fan of AI… yet

For now, Torvalds’ solution is to ignore artificial intelligence until the technology becomes powerful and personalized enough to matter.

“I think AI is really interesting, and I think it is going to change the world," he noted, "and, at the same time, I hate the hype cycle so much that I really don’t want to go there."

"So my approach to AI right now is I will basically ...