• jjj@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    8·
    7 hours ago

    “But it is what it is: the new normal with a lot of fixes, many of them due to review by various AI tools.”

    AFAIK the “huge updates” are written by humans in response to LLM found bugs.

      • jjj@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        7·
        6 hours ago

        I read through the exact message chain that article is referencing some time ago, which did not lead me to the conclusion the article would suggest. It seems that he consistently refers to AI use from the perspective of finding bugs more so than than fixing them, which he could definitely do a better job clarifying.

        The message

        https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/CAHk-=wi4zC+Ze8e+p3tMv8TtG_80KzsZ1syL9anBtmEh5Z40vg@mail.gmail.com/

        Subject: Re: Linking Patchwork with Sashiko?

        [snip]

        I think it makes the point of sashiko - helping maintainers - unachievable. If the point to not use
        LLMs in general, let’s discuss this, not how to make each use case more complex.

        It seems like [1] expresses a very anti-LLM position in general

        Yes.

        And no, that’s not the position of the Linux kernel.

        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.

        [snip]

        Yes, it can also be a somewhat painful tool, both for maintainer
        workloads and just from a “it keeps finding embarrassing bugs”
        standpoint.

        [snip]

        (emphasis/snips mine)

        EDIT: Note: sashiko is an LLM driven code review tool someone runs on the linux kernel. This entire discussion was about a code review tool.