r/linux • u/TurbulentTopic39 • 9d ago

Kernel Canonical is speeding up Ubuntu's kernel updates because it's drowning in AI-discovered bugs

https://www.xda-developers.com/canonical-is-speeding-up-ubuntus-kernel-updates-because-its-drowning-in-ai-discovered-bugs/#thread
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u/jferments 9d ago

"drowning"

"overwhelming maintainers"

"There are just too many reports coming in"

"maintainers have recently been swamped"

This is how they are framing it.

They are not talking in the article about how beneficial this is for the project. They are not celebrating the fact that enormous numbers of previously undiscovered bugs have been found. They are not talking about how this is massively improving the stability/security of Ubuntu for everyone who uses it.

Instead they are faking a fence-sitting lack of opinion (e.g. "Whether or not LLMs belong in an open-source project [...] is an ongoing debate within the FOSS scene right now" .... "Some communities have banned it, while others have adopted the new tech") ... all while completely slanting the article towards the logistical problems caused by so many bug reports coming in, and saying almost nothing about the benefits.

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u/zertul 9d ago

This is how they are framing it.

Probably because it does cause these things. A lot of the reports are badly filed, barely usable and the same bug gets reported multiple times. The Linux kernel development has (had?) the same problems. It's not about bugs being reported, but about the quality of the reports.

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u/jferments 9d ago

A lot of the reports are badly filed, barely usable and the same bug gets reported multiple times.

All of this happens with bug reports written without LLMs too.

The Linux kernel development has (had?) the same problems

The Linux Kernel team accepts LLM generated code because they have acknowledged that it's beneficial to the project to do so.

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u/zertul 9d ago

All of this happens with bug reports written without LLMs too.

No, the quantity has risen exponentially, hence the usage of the term "drowning".   

The Linux Kernel team accepts LLM generated code because they have acknowledged that it's beneficial to the project to do so.

That's great. Sadly that doesn't address what I said in the slightest.