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Torvalds: AI Is the New Compiler, Not the New Programmer - “100% of their code Is written by compilers too" (pbxscience.com)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org to c/programming@programming.dev
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At the Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit, the Linux creator argued that AI-written code claims are misleading — and warned that a wave of low-quality, AI-generated bug reports is quietly burning out the maintainers who keep open source running.

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Speaking on stage, Torvalds said the framing misses an obvious historical parallel. Compilers have translated essentially all shipped source code into machine code for decades, he noted, yet no engineer describes their software as “compiler-written.” AI, in his view, belongs in the same category — a powerful productivity layer sitting on top of human design and understanding, not a replacement for it.

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[–] artwork@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (10 children)

@HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org , may I ask why do you change the title so awfully it does not only not state the same as the article but misleads it?

[–] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Agreed. This post's current title does not appear in the link, and the link does not contain a quote that can be remotely matched to this post's title.

[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

The title is the URL of the link, plus the actual title of the article.

[–] artwork@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Indeed. Thank you very much! The OP has likely no clue what the article is about even.

[–] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 0 points 4 days ago

The OP has likely no clue what the article is about even.

Jumping directly to an ad hominem attack leaves the inpression that you don't have any meaningful argument in respect to the subject of the article.

[–] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

From the article:

https://pbxscience.com/torvalds-ai-is-the-new-compiler-not-the-new-programmer/

Speaking on stage, Torvalds said the framing misses an obvious historical parallel. Compilers have translated essentially all shipped source code into machine code for decades, he noted, yet no engineer describes their software as “compiler-written.” AI, in his view, belongs in the same category — a powerful productivity layer sitting on top of human design and understanding, not a replacement for it.Linux & Unix

“When I see people saying, ‘Hey, 99% of our code is written by AI,’ I literally get angry, because those same people — I can pretty much guarantee — that 100% of their code is written by compilers.”

[–] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org -2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

and the link does not contain a quote that can be remotely matched to this post’s title.

That's not the case - first part pharaphrases Torvalds, second part cites him.

[–] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Torvalds was careful to frame this as a correction of language rather than a rejection of the technology itself.

You "paraphrased" into oblivion the very thing Mr. Torvalds was trying to be careful about, contorting it into click bait rather than the nuance that he and the article are trying to get across.

[–] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 1 points 4 days ago

From the article:

Speaking on stage, Torvalds said the framing misses an obvious historical parallel. Compilers have translated essentially all shipped source code into machine code for decades, he noted, yet no engineer describes their software as “compiler-written.” AI, in his view, belongs in the same category — a powerful productivity layer sitting on top of human design and understanding, not a replacement for it.Linux & Unix

“When I see people saying, ‘Hey, 99% of our code is written by AI,’ I literally get angry, because those same people — I can pretty much guarantee — that 100% of their code is written by compilers.”

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