Linux lays down the law on AI-generated code, says yes to Copilot, no to AI slop, and humans take the fall for mistakes — after months of fierce debate, Torvalds and maintainers come to an agreement

After months of fierce debate, Linus Torvalds and the Linux kernel maintainers have laid down the law on AI-generated code.

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Slopix! (tm)

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I guess one either dies a hero or lives long enough to be the villain.

@mdhughes I don't even have the energy to be mad anymore, but I am disappointed
@mdhughes the phrase "much-needed dose of pragmatism" already convinces me this is gonna be worth reading if i ever find myself low of blood pressure.
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that's it! I'm moving to Hurd
@mdhughes @ozzelot "yes to copilot, no to slop" who the fuck wrote this as if copilot is somehow fucking distinct from slop
@mdhughes This is the year of #FreeBSD on the desktop.