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Kernel Summit: "The time has come to make it harder for new people to contribute code to the kernel." -- Linus Torvalds reacting to AI assisted code contribution flood (infosec.pub)
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"Torvalds said that the time has come to make it harder for new people to contribute code to the kernel. People like Kroah-Hartman have spent years trying to teach people how to contribute; it is time to stop doing that, he said."

https://lwn.net/Articles/1099594/

It is difficult to summarize exactly how Linus got to this point. Most of the discussion at this years Summit appears to have been related to AI assisted code and how the maintainers are dealing with the increase in code submissions to LKML. Many of the maintainers expressed varying levels of frustration with AI assisted drive-by code submissions. Linus' train of thought is that they make it intentionally more difficult for humans to contribute. A later suggestion of his was to create an AGENTS. md that makes generating kernel code expensive in compute and token time.

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[–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

You understand the existing trusted parties contributing to the kernel are still allowed to use AI where they see fit, right?

He's been consistent and realistic about AI: LLMs are a powerful tool, smart people can make effective use of powerful tools in responsible ways, and irresponsible people can use the same tools to create a flood of noise. So create a system which allows smart, responsible people to make the kernel better, and prevents irresponsible people from making the kernel worse.

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