Linus Torvalds Defends AI Coding in Linux: Fork It or Walk Away

Linus Torvalds has firmly defended the use of AI coding tools in the Linux kernel, stating the project is not anti-AI and that critics are free to fork the project or walk away. His comments came during a mailing list discussion about Sashiko, an AI-powered code review system that independently catches over 53% of bugs but also generates false positives within a 20% range. Torvalds emphasized his willingness to put his foot down in support of integrating AI to improve the long-standing open-source project.