Linus clearly meant that the tech is useful, and based on his history he probably meant for debugging more than anything else. And he’s absolutely right, there have been lots of vulnerabilities found by the thing. He didn’t say generated code is great, or that no human review is needed, or how we can adapt to incorporate gen ai in our workflows, etc. He only said it’s a useful tool, and that he doesn’t care about the ethics behind it (which is dumb, but we shouldn’t be surprised, especially if people are trying to push him into a direction, he’ll lash out and pick whatever is pragmatic in his view).
The ethics are a major concern and if you dismiss that, you are a moron. AI wasnt born out of good will, it was born out of a desire for profit. Until it’s energy efficient and the models are built ethically, it’s a no-brainer to deny its use. Once them concerns are addressed then we can start the conversation about the pros and cons of dealing with slop.
Linus clearly meant that the tech is useful, and based on his history he probably meant for debugging more than anything else. And he’s absolutely right, there have been lots of vulnerabilities found by the thing. He didn’t say generated code is great, or that no human review is needed, or how we can adapt to incorporate gen ai in our workflows, etc. He only said it’s a useful tool, and that he doesn’t care about the ethics behind it (which is dumb, but we shouldn’t be surprised, especially if people are trying to push him into a direction, he’ll lash out and pick whatever is pragmatic in his view).
The ethics are a major concern and if you dismiss that, you are a moron. AI wasnt born out of good will, it was born out of a desire for profit. Until it’s energy efficient and the models are built ethically, it’s a no-brainer to deny its use. Once them concerns are addressed then we can start the conversation about the pros and cons of dealing with slop.
I’m completely with you there