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The role of AI tools (LLMs, mainly) in Linux is under discussion, or it was, until Linus Torvalds “put his foot down” in support of the use of AI in Linux kernel development.

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[-] krimson@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago

I think Linus has realized that LLM's are not going anywhere and can actually be a useful tool if used correctly.

And he is right in that respect. I know Lemmy is very anti-AI, and for good reason. Because we do not NEED it. And heat producing, power and water guzzling datacenters in this time of climate change is absolutely NOT what we need.

Yet I think LLM's are here to stay. When used as an "employee" you instruct what to do while keeping total control of the code it produces it is actually pretty useful.

However, I really do hope that open weight models keep improving (which they are) and running them locally on midrange gpu's on your own computer will be the future.

Because the way the big AI companies are doing things now is absolutely not sustainable and I hope they all fail soon.

[-] Ooops@feddit.org 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

I know Lemmy is very anti-AI

No, Lemmy isn't very anti-AI, just very sane.

AI is a tool. If it does the job better than other tools that's totally okay. It has so much potential to improve lives.

If on the other hand it's about artificial general intelligence soon™ hallucinations, "we can totally replace all skilled workers"-fairy tales and other "stop using your brains and eat the slob"-bullshit it just needs to die... alongside the ~~company CEOs~~ snake oil buyers who (not so secretly anymore) dream about getting rid of all those pesky workers they have to pay proper wages.

And sadly 99% of the narratives we are constantly fed (and yes, that includes such "See Linus now supports AI! AI's winning!!" bullshit stories, when it would be the perfect starting point to actually evaluate AI properly just once...) belong to the second category. Because AI companies in their insanity painted themselves into a corner. Their investments are insane, their market models unsustainable and telling the lie that everyone needs to use their AI and get integrated everywhere-even if it makes zero sense- is basically their only way to salvage something from that shitshow.