Linux kernel memory-management code reviewer steps down due to influx of AI slop patches — volume of submissions coupled with low manpower forces the step back
Linus Torvalds, creator and headmaster of Linux, has taken a pro-AI stance, supported not only by the speed of additional contributions, but also the fact that bots often don’t make mistakes that even seasoned developers do.
He’s “right”. LLM bots indeed don’t often make the mistakes that seasoned developers do… they make far more basic mistakes than those, often in far greater numbers.
He’s “right”. LLM bots indeed don’t often make the mistakes that seasoned developers do… they make far more basic mistakes than those, often in far greater numbers.