this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2026
147 points (97.4% liked)
Linux
67284 readers
1231 users here now
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
Rules
- Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
- No misinformation
- No NSFW content
- No hate speech, bigotry, etc
Related Communities
Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0
founded 7 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I disagree. For one, it's unenforceable, just like outright banning it.
But AI assistance can also mean a lot of different things, from outright vibecoding through autocomplete up to only asking it to so review. It diminishes the human work in the eyes of other people, because a simple disclaimer doesn't distinguish between the work done, and also encourages people to point out to AI as a scapegoat for their mistakes.
Good code always was and should always be one where a human is fully responsible for it; if you decide to vibecode and happens to end up with perfect code, good; if you write it fully yourself but it's crap it doesn't absolve you that you didn't use AI...
It's a tool, so use it responsibly like any other tool and stand behind your code no matter what tools you used.
https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/no-such-thing-as-just-a-tool
look at visual studio's Intellisense and compare it to the last version that didn't advertise Ai, there aren't that many functional differences and if you don't keep up with the marketing you could very easily miss that it is Ai powered.
If people thought "its impossible to catch everyone so why bother trying to catch anyone at all" when making laws, no laws would exist
THIS, THIS, THIS
Basically, a nirvana fallacy/perfect solution fallacy.
Agreed. I an aware a lot of people contributed to the Linux kernel, without disclosing they used ai.
Yeah. I do not blame the ai for writing the code, but rather the person to accept and push that code even if they know it is crap.