Linus Torvalds tells AI coding critics in Linux: 'Fork it or walk away'

Linus Torvalds has firmly defended the use of AI-powered coding tools in the Linux kernel, stating that Linux is not an anti-AI project and that critics are free to fork the project or walk away. His remarks came in response to a debate over Sashiko, an agentic code review system that claims to independently catch over half of bugs later fixed by humans but also generates false positive reports at a rate maintainers estimate within 20 percent. Torvalds made it clear he is willing to put his foot down in support of integrating AI tools to improve the kernel.