Creator of the Linux kernel, Linus Torvalds, has refreshed his stance on the use of AI in software development with The post Linux creator Linus Torvalds tells AI haters to walk away from Linux, or go fork it appeared first on The New Stack .
Creator of the Linux kernel, Linus Torvalds , has refreshed his stance on the use of AI in software development with a strongly worded statement posted on the lore.kernel.org mailing list archive service. Traditionally a staunch guardian of human-centric code quality and previously somewhat dismissive of AI, Torvalds has now pivoted to come out flags-waving, ready to support its use across the Linux codebase. Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects “I realize that some people really dislike AI, but this is an area where I’m willing to absolutely put my foot down as the top-level maintainer,” writes Torvalds.
“ Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects, and if somebody has issues with that, they can do the open-
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source thing and fork it. Or just walk away.” The famously opinionated Finnish-American confirmed that he regards AI as a tool, “just like other tools we [software engineers] use,” and further agreed that “it’s clearly a useful one” today. With some balance, Torvalds also conceded that, as of now, it’s “tough to know what the AI economy will look like” in the end. More on Linus Torvalds Why Linux creator Linus Torvalds gets angry hearing “99% of code is AI” (2026) Linus Torvalds gets candid about Windows, workflows, and AI (2026) Linus Torvalds reflects on 20 years of Git (2025) Linus Torvalds on security, AI, open source, and trust (2024) Linus Torvalds on community, Rust, and Linux’s longevity (2021) Pivoting again, Torvalds writes that he feels AI can “also be a somewhat painful tool”, both from the impact it has on maintainer workloads and from the fact that “it keeps finding...
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