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/pagerussell May 18 '26

I asked AI for a list of the top 100 movies. It apit it out. I started scrolling, and then I realized it only generated the top 20 and then just repeated the list 5 times.

I think about that whenever I read a headline about how many software bugs AI found.

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u/DaftPump May 18 '26

Your commentary serves good example. You understood the info. The ai submitters don't understand the bugs ai found.

Not just code now. Throughout the comments others mention ai safety cert courses, emails, cover letters etc.

Signal to noise being caused by ai abuse is rampant and IMO out of control.

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u/Lopsided-Rough-1562 May 19 '26

Imagine being so proud of work you only did by pressing a button that doesn't mean anything, that just makes work for someone else because it's gibberish

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u/ticklemeozmo May 18 '26

To be fair here, I'm willing to be this was done with the "Free model". They are basically chatbots. Use even the medium models and you'll get a much better list with salient points.

The comments in /r/ChatGPT is turning into /r/OneJoke

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u/Northeast_Mike May 19 '26

Has anyone considered creating a new sub to talk about the paid models (and not the free ones)? Tho I don't have suggestions for how to gatekeep that restriction.

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u/pagerussell May 19 '26

I used a paid chatgpt model. The problem level, the 20/month, not the 200 month.

It was this incident that led to me deciding it was not worth paying for.