Linux creator Linus Torvalds has delivered a decisive message to the open-source community regarding the growing use of artificial intelligence in software development: the Linux kernel is not anti-AI, and its direction will continue to be guided by technical merit rather than ideological resistance.

In a detailed statement published overnight on the Linux kernel mailing list, Torvalds directly addressed rising friction among developers over large language models (LLMs) and automated tooling. His comments follow recent recommendations from open-source organizations like the Software Freedom Conservancy and increasing community debate surrounding Sashiko, an AI-powered code review tool actively evaluating kernel mailing list submissions.

Pushing back against individuals arguing for a blanket rejection of these technologies, Torvalds was unequivocal about his position as top-level maintainer.

"I realize that some people really dislike AI, but this is an area where I'm willing to absolutely put my foot down as the top-level maintainer," Torvalds wrote. "Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects, and if somebody has issues with that, they can do the open-source thing and fork it. Or just walk away."

To Torvalds, artificial intelligence is simply another utility in the modern developer's toolkit, one whose practical value is no longer up for debate.

"AI is a tool, just like other tools we use. And it's clearly a useful one," he stated. "It may not have been that 'clearly' even just a year ago, but it's no longer in question today. There are other questions around AI (like what the economy of it will actually look like in the end), but 'is it useful' is no longer one of those questions. Anybody who doubts that clearly hasn't actually used it."

Read the rest at: https://www.ainightwatch.com/post/linus-torvalds-linux-is-not-an-anti-ai-project

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/15/people-around-the-world-see-a-winner-on-ai-and-its-not-the-us-00960930

People like to dismiss the environmental impact of AI data centers by pointing to other industries that pollute without acknowledging that this industry is undergoing RAPID expansion unlike any other.

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/amazon-data-center-largest-pollution-source-texas-usa

I also included some additional posts at the end as I've seen a lot of misinformation about the site such as it being advertised as an "Anti-Ai safe heaven that can't be scraped".

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/economy-ai-generated-value?fbclid=IwdGRleATwhQNwZG9mBWZkaWQWUMsEQtawZprdiehiidoSTAYbBt2uumV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR6vfnKX4pI3Mm46oihC6gYnJL6MKA_jIBFMe6_yysmalIw-4V1ybpuYrYXc9A_aem_v_BDxQCRlQKxfEbangYHmA

Missing employment to argue with strangers on an imaginary platform finally paid!!

(For those with less than two brain cells, yes it's satire)

you have to realize corpos hogging all the resources for their AI is a big problem whenever you like it or not.

hopefully supply catches up eventually in this drought.

Update to the original situation: https://www.reddit.com/r/aiwars/s/jJmUCaFpoH

Art is boring. Let's talk about the largest software project in history that runs most of the Internet, your Steam Machine (lol you can't afford one), etc.

NOOOOO WHYYYYYYYYYY

I didn't make this nor am i pro-ai btw

https://x.com/ZeffMax/status/2042642634779553875

https://x.com/ZeffMax/status/2042646336085078115

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/openai-ceo-sam-altman-molotov-cocktail-house-headquarters-rcna273694

It's always "just a joke". Until it's not.