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/

Some of a bitch!

Just a few days ago, I argued with a douche nozzle who told me, with the confidence of a master debater, that AI has no useful purpose.

But apparently, not all of you feel that way. Linus uses AI and suddenly y’all change your tune! What a load of crap!

I’ve been sitting here saying for years that AI is a tool and should be used as such, while getting called a tech-bro simp for saying it.

Man, this has once again revealed the massive, two-faced, bandwagon nature of Lemmy.

Y’all should have stayed on Reddit!

LLM is just an algorithm.

Think in terms of any other algorithm. If someone said they use a particular algorithm for everything, that would be a bad programmer. But if someone else said they would never ever use a particular algorithm because it’s the tool of the devil, would that be a good programmer.

Software engineering is about knowing when an algorithm should be used and where it shouldn’t be used. LLMs don’t change that, it’s just another algorithm. The engineer should make the decision not marketing hype. But the decision should also not be made by reactionaries.

Pseudo intellectual bullshit is not helping your case.