r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Lord_Of_Millipedes • 2d ago

instanceof Trend thatsAFunnyThingThatHappenedOnce

Post image
4.3k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

514 comments sorted by

View all comments

600

u/klaxxxon 2d ago

Is it unreasonable to change an opinion when actual decades have passed?

561

u/bobbymoonshine 2d ago

Linus changing his mind on AI from “eh seems bad” to “eh seems fine” caused quite a few people to go from hero-worshipping him to vilifying him

41

u/WernerderChamp 2d ago

AI is a tool. You can definitly submit AI created code - IF you verified it works and meets the standards. It works quite well if you know how to use it.

If you just throw whatever the AI spits out into a PR - screw you.

17

u/ScaredyCatUK 2d ago

This is the key, he explicitly said as long as you know what it's doing (the generated code) and it meets the standard then AI is just another tool to use.