Speaking with Dirk Hohndel at Open Source Summit Europe, Linux creator Linus Torvalds said he really likes using AI, describing vibe coding as a wonderful way to find joy in programming and arguing that it can help newcomers get into development, but he drew a line at letting it run Linux kernel development, saying AI is fine for finding bugs. The interview covers how kernel development is changing as AI-assisted bug reports and tooling become part of the workflow, set against the growing pushback from projects such as System76’s COSMIC desktop, which has barred LLM-generated contributions, and it lands as the kernel community weighs new AI agent resources and LLM contribution policies.
Linus Torvalds says he likes AI coding, but not for running Linux development
Speaking with Dirk Hohndel at Open Source Summit Europe, Linux creator Linus Torvalds said he really likes using AI, describing vibe coding as a wonderful way to find joy in programming and arguing that it can help newcomers get into development, but he drew a line at letting it run Linux kernel development, saying AI is fine for finding bugs. The interview covers how kernel development is changing as AI-assisted bug reports and tooling become part of the workflow, set against the growing pushback from projects such as System76's COSMIC desktop, which has barred LLM-generated contributions, and it lands as the kernel community weighs new AI agent resources and LLM contribution policies.
Source: Zdnet