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Linus Torvalds Calls Rules That Police AI Tools 'Utterly Stupid'. Here's Linux's Rule Instead

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The Linux kernel is about to drop the Assisted-by tag it asks contributors to put on AI-assisted commits. Linus Torvalds backs the change, and when a developer pushed back on LKML he called rules that police your tools "UTTERLY STUPID". By his logic, banning AI-written code outright is the same mis…

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  1. 2026-10-17 13:30 · DEV Community — AI
    Linus Torvalds Calls Rules That Police AI Tools 'Utterly Stupid'. Here's Linux's Rule Instead

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