Linus Torvalds to critics of AI coding in Linux: "Fork it. Or just walk away." - Ars Technica

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Linus Torvalds defended using AI coding tools in the Linux kernel, telling critics to fork the project or walk away if they oppose LLM‑generated code.

Google Engineers Launch "Sashiko" For Agentic AI Code Review Of The Linux Kernel - Phoronix
Google's Sashiko AI code review system for the Linux kernel found 53% of bugs in recent issues, all missed by human reviewers.
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Code is cheap. Show me the talk. - nadh.in
LLM coding tools have made code generation cheap and abundant, flipping the value from writing code to articulating problems and architecting solutions, fundamentally changing software development.
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Being Linux Torvalds - <antirez>
Linus Torvalds' real genius was shifting from writing code to leading Linux's design, and using LLMs well requires programmers to assume that same director role.
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The Linux Kernel Will Soon Be MIT-Licensed and Copyleft Will Be Dead Within 5 Years - LowEndBox
AI-assisted reimplementation of GPL-licensed software will erode copyleft, with the Linux kernel potentially relicensed under MIT within five years.
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Personal Taste Is the Moat
As AI commoditizes code correctness, human taste—judgment formed by long exposure to great work—becomes the crucial differentiator for deciding what should exist.
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