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Linus Torvalds used AI to fix a Linux bug, and now LLM critics on Linux face an uncomfortable choice (www.xda-developers.com)
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Now that's a heel turn if I've ever seen one.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/74818680

https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2026/08/msg00041.html

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[–] 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

In this case it’s a two line change: change to round down instead of round up. I suppose it’s the latter where the AI assisted him in identifying which line should be changed.

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/818bebeb63dd6bf5f4e07e145f6cdbace520a34c

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Absolutely unacceptable. I'm downloading Haiku right now.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 month ago

    Here is a more detail article about what actually happened

    https://www.xda-developers.com/linus-torvalds-fixed-a-linux-bug-using-ai-highlighting-both-the-strengths-and-weaknesses-of-the-new-tech/

    It sounds like AI helped find the issue and write NOTES about it, but Linus explains he basically had to force the AI assistant because it kept on giving up. Linus wrote the fix himself.

    I'd like to call it my tireless helper, but the AI several times stated flat out that this was impossible and unsolvable and that we should just write a report about it. I suspect those things have been trained by people who may not be quite as stubborn as I am.

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