I realize that some people really dislike AI, but this is an area where I’m willing to absolutely put my foot down as the top-level maintainer. Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects, and if somebody has issues with that, they can do the open-source thing and fork it. Or just walk away. AI is a tool, just like other tools we use. And it’s clearly a useful one.

I think broadly speaking what he says is reasonable. If you don’t want to use AI, then don’t, but I think it can be used somewhat responsibly.

I have all sorts of issues with AI tooling:

• the centralization of power
• the load it adds on maintainers because of the amount of slop bad developers (and non-devs) produce with it
• the environmental impacts of using larger models
• the data centers causing health risks
• the impact on the PC industry
• the degeneration of skills and knowledge.

That said, it’s a tool, and can be used to amplify good work too.