Linus Torvalds tells AI critics in the Linux kernel community to fork off

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has come out strongly in favor of AI tools in kernel development. "Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects," he wrote on the kernel mailing list amid a debate over Sashiko, the Linux Foundation's AI-powered code review tool. Torvalds said he would "very loudly…

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has come out strongly in favor of AI tools in kernel development. "Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects," he wrote on the kernel mailing list amid a debate over Sashiko, the Linux Foundation's AI-powered code review tool. Torvalds said he would "very loudly ignore" anyone who tries to talk others out of using it. The article Linus Torvalds tells AI critics in the Linux kernel community to fork off appeared first on The Decoder.

Source: The Decoder — Published July 17, 2026 at 11:12 UTC — Category: Image AI