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AI assistance when contributing to the Linux kernel https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst

Look like Linux foundation and big tech members like Microsoft, Google and others who are behind the Linux foundation drafted it. Basically it says that you can use AI/LLM, but you take full responsibility for your commits to the kernel and code must satisfy the license GPL-2.0-only. So more slop is allowed to add directly to the Linux kernel.

linux/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst at master · torvalds/linux

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@nixCraft much as i hate AI, i have to admit a very, very vast majority of people are tripping over themselves trying to integrate it as deeply into their lives as possible. Such people will continue to attempt to bombard open source software with slop PR’s regardless of whether the project accepts those or not. This method of requiring human review and clear attribution for AI generated content is the only way to make sure people clearly mention when they used AI. If the kernel outright rejects AI slop, the AI-bros will just stop attributing generated slop. So maintainers won’t know if submitted code is slop or not without thorough manual review and maybe not even then.