Linus Torvalds Defends AI Coding in Linux, Tells Critics to 'Fork It or Walk Away'

Linus Torvalds has firmly supported the use of AI tools in Linux kernel development, stating that the project is not anti-AI and that critics are free to fork the codebase or leave. His comments came amid a debate over Sashiko, an agentic code review system that claims to catch over 50% of bugs independently but risks false positives. Torvalds made it clear he will not yield to absolutist opposition to AI-generated code, reinforcing an open-source approach to dissent.