Linus Torvalds Tells AI Coding Critics in Linux: 'Fork It, or Just Walk Away'

Linus Torvalds has affirmed his support for AI-powered coding tools in the Linux kernel, telling opponents they are free to fork the project or leave. His comments came during a discussion about Sashiko, an AI-driven code review system that claims to independently catch 53.6 percent of bugs later fixed by humans, though with a false positive rate around 20 percent. Torvalds made clear that Linux is not an anti-AI project and that he is willing to firmly enforce that stance.