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Linus Torvalds used AI to fix a Linux bug, and now LLM critics on Linux face an uncomfortable choice
lists.debian.org/debian-project/…/msg00041.html
www.xda-developers.com/linus-used-ai-bug-llm-critics-face-choice/LLMs suck at writing code, but they are absolutely amazing at reading code and finding bugs. I am firmly against the usage of LLMs to write anything, but they have a place as a diagnostics tool when verified by a human.
Replying to @shirasho@feddit.online
Opus-class and higher models are actually great at writing code, but maybe it’s language dependent? I primarily work in TypeScript.
Replying to @rothaine@lemmy.zip
I’m not terribly concerned if people write code and test it with AI, so long as they verify the results themselves.
I recently saw someone try to add a PR to something on github with thousands of lines of changes and then they got mad when people didn’t want to do the free labour verifying it. That is a bullshit use of AI
Replying to @CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works
AI or far-east coders, we encourage them to keep their PRs as small as possible.