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People are so silly. 700 em dashes... Linux is a big project with contributors from all over the world. People probably use LLMs to redact comments when English is not their native language. And yes, people are using LLMs to help them with submissions but there's 0 proof that any code made it to the kernel without being reviewed properly. This allergy to anything LLM related makes you all look like vegans - a lot of posturing that has 0 real impact. If you're so disgusted by AI and can't tell the difference between AI slop and AI assisted code just stop using computers because there's no way you will be able to do anything without touching AI in one way or another.
What's with the stupid comparison with the vegans? Vegans have non zero impact towards environment sustainability and their posturing is entirely valid, more so now, given the state of the world.
Your phrasing tells a lot more about your mindset though. A lot of words, 0 substance.
-signed, a non-vegan with a lot respect for vegans
P.S. I am also not against LLM assistance, but also know AI-bros are not to be trusted. With all the money pouring in and so much slop being pushed onto everyone, they will cash out one way or the other. And who's going to be left holding the bag of all the chaos they've caused?
Not eating meat or eating less meat has non zero impact. Bragging about being vegan and avoiding things like honey does not.
Science says otherwise.
There are good reasons to not buy honey.
But also Linus Torvald's position on LLMs is that they're just another tool, and that there's no reason to arbitrarily exclude them from your toolkit, no? Not saying I agree with him, but I do think this is his position, and I feel like it would affect how people work on the linux kernel.
How does that affect the way code is reviewed and approved?
You don't think Torvalds has an influence on that?