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Linux kernel goes full AI slop code, hides chatbot commits (pivot-to-ai.com)

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A report just in from the Kernel Maintainers Summit on 8 October reveals just how full AI slop the Linux kernel project has gone. And so has project leader Linus Torvalds.

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[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Programmers suck. I've seen some write some terrible code. You may say "they're just exceptions" or "they're just not doing it right"...

If you can't get a good llm to produce good code then you're definitely working at it.

this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2026

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