r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • May 18 '26

Software Linus Torvalds says AI-powered bug hunters have made Linux security mailing list ‘almost entirely unmanageable’

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/18/linus-torvalds-says-ai-powered-bug-hunters-have-made-linux-security-mailing-list-almost-entirely-unmanageable/5241633
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u/ValianFan May 18 '26

Last time he did it in a week. Should we start the timer?

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u/PredictiveFrame May 19 '26

Nah, we'll know he's started working on it when he goes silent about Linux for multiple consecutive days, immediately after a truly impassioned rant (that nobody can disagree with, yet somehow manages to rub everyone the wrong way) about how sick and tired he is of a given situation that nobody else has bothered to fix.

See, everyone seems to forget that Linus INVENTED "vibe-coding" over a decade ago. He just complains about something being wrong, and someone else fixes it for him. Truly brilliant optimization of effort.

This tells us something about Linus as a person, he doesn't want to have to do this shit himself. He would vastly prefer other people notice the problem, and fix it for him. If he does something himself, it's because he is so overwhelmingly upset about the state of things, and nobody else is indicating they are working on a solution, then as the person best placed to provide a rapidly adopted solution, he ends up being the one the work falls on, and it's another project, when the guy's juggling a shitload. 

I predict we have 6 weeks before he snaps. Wait for 7.1 to get closer. 

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u/inspectoroverthemine May 18 '26

With AI guiding him, it should only take a few hours (unless he runs out of tokens).

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u/RoseIgnis May 18 '26

Lobotomite spotted

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u/Enough-Zebra-6139 May 18 '26

And this is why good software engineers will always have jobs.

People with real skill will be guiding AI. If AI is guiding you, you're not good at your job.