I really hate the comparison with compilers and assemblers. They are deterministic whereas LLMs aren’t.

AI is a tool, just like other tools we use. And it’s clearly a useful one.

It may not have been that “clearly” even just a year ago, but it’s no longer in question today.

This is such a massive red flag comment. If anything it’s become increasingly clear in the last year how problematic the tech is…

He follows that up by saying people should make the tools help maintainers not harm them, but suggests no means to do so. This is so blasé and hand wavy, especially when he’s responding to people complaining about how it’s making their jobs harder. “Just use the tools better”. Gee, thanks Linus.

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