It seems Linus's position is very clear now

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[–] 6 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

LLM companies will legitimize their shit by saying "look, Linus is using our model to make Linux better".

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  • [–] 0 points 13 hours ago* (2 children)

    Okay, and? So he should either change his own processes or keep them secret because some dickbag might claim he's legitimized their product?

    I think people in a bubble like this platform seem to miss that AI tools are already "legitimized". I am not stating an opinion, I'm just saying what the average person thinks, which is that they are useful. The reality is a lot more complicated than that and I think they're leading us bad places but I don't think your argument works at all

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  • [–] 7 points 11 hours ago (1 child)

    The tools are "legitimized" by a mass ad campaign to shove LLMs down our throats.

    Linus is a very influential person in this space and hin using Claude for whatever project he has will legitimize the massive ad campaign that LLMs companies are pushing. It's a jackpot for them. Organic publicity by one of the biggest nerd of the world.

    Any push towards LLMs is only benefiting the ultra wealthy and destroying the planet. And this is exactly what this piece of news is doing.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 hours ago

    Even if you were right this message would be irrelevant to 99% of the population and within the 1% who know or care who he is, minimum 75% wouldn't be swayed by him saying that. Plus, him saying he used it is not praise.

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