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At Open Source Summit Japan, Linux and Git creator Linus Torvalds talked about Rust in Linux, Linux maintainer fatigue, and AI's future role in Linux and open-source development.

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[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (4 children)

If that means an AI-assistant of sorts (like "that OS name that cannot be spoketh") I'm game.

Will that make some users freak out and make it sound like its doomsday, even if they implement a on/off toggle to the AI assistant? Probably.

[–] Black616Angel@feddit.de 25 points 11 months ago (2 children)

An AI assistant has nothing to do with the kernel and will never be in it.

It's something for user space and can be done already. This is for the distro maintainers to decide.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What if AI will start contributing to the kernel end ends including AI there?

[–] Black616Angel@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago

Then it's over. We can tear it all down and start new.

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