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 aroun ✦ AI generated
Torvalds frames AI simply as another useful tool in the developer's toolkit, not something categorically different or threatening.
Linus Torvalds: AI is a tool, just like other tools we use. And it's clearly a useful one.
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Torvalds argues that while AI's value was uncertain roughly a year prior, its usefulness is now settled and beyond dispute.
Linus Torvalds: It may not have been that "clearly" even just a year ago, but it's no longer in question today.
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Torvalds states that Linux will not be an anti-AI project, and as top-level maintainer he's firmly decided this; dissenters can fork the project or walk away.
Linus Torvalds: 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.
Torvalds distinguishes unresolved questions about AI (like its economic effects) from the question of usefulness, which he says is settled, adding that skeptics simply haven't used AI themselves.
Linus Torvalds: 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.