themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoLinus Torvalds used AI to fix a Linux bug, and now LLM critics on Linux face an uncomfortable choicewww.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square376linkfedilinkarrow-up1448arrow-down148file-text
arrow-up1400arrow-down1external-linkLinus Torvalds used AI to fix a Linux bug, and now LLM critics on Linux face an uncomfortable choicewww.xda-developers.comthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square376linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareaurelar@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down2·19 days agoThere’s a difference between using a tool as a knowledgeable professional, and using a tool as a novice or a member of the general public: the professional can likely tell when the answer an AI gives is wrong. AI is a tool that can be useful sometimes.
minus-squareTaleya@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-219 days agoAyup, i’ve literally thrown massive logs into an llm and “find the errors” to track down a complex issue. They’re very good paper sorters
minus-squareLemminary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·19 days agoAnd the bitterness? I don’t support what the big corpos are doing, but you’re straight up denying that a hammer is a tool.
minus-square1985MustangCobra@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agono i mean people coping that now their hero linus used AI they aren’t calling for him to be shunned from the linux community.
There’s a difference between using a tool as a knowledgeable professional, and using a tool as a novice or a member of the general public: the professional can likely tell when the answer an AI gives is wrong.
AI is a tool that can be useful sometimes.
Ayup, i’ve literally thrown massive logs into an llm and “find the errors” to track down a complex issue. They’re very good paper sorters
lol the cope
And the bitterness?
I don’t support what the big corpos are doing, but you’re straight up denying that a hammer is a tool.
no i mean people coping that now their hero linus used AI they aren’t calling for him to be shunned from the linux community.