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He told... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-creator-linus-torvalds-tells-ai-haters-to-walk-away-from-linux-or-go-fork-it-33h2ukynr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/33h2UkYnr.png og:image:alt: Linux creator Linus Torvalds tells AI haters to walk away from Linux, or go fork it og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Linux creator Linus Torvalds tells AI haters to walk away from Linux, or go fork it **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Linus Torvalds has publicly reversed his previously skeptical stance on AI, declaring on the kernel mailing list that Linux is not an anti-AI project. He told critics to fork the kernel or walk away, framing AI as just another tool for software engineers. While acknowledging AI can increase maintainer workload and surface embarrassing bugs, he insists the solution is making LLM tools work for maintainers rather than ignoring them. This marks a notable shift from his October 2024 position where he dismissed AI as 90% marketing. Industry figures from Red Hat and open source security firm nolabs echoed his view that human accountability for contributions matters more than whether AI helped write the code. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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