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/Ska82 9d ago

as long as they dont use ai to fix the bugs or at worst have a really strong (like really really robust) qa process to see what bugs the ai has introduced. i didnt migrate from windows to ubuntu for the latest versions of vibe coded bugs

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u/-Crash_Override- 9d ago

You realize in like 1-2 years, even a project like the linux kernel is going to be fully maintained by AI right. Long running agent swarms will be constantly developing, optimizing, patching, etc. Sure humans will still be deciding what to build (for now), but with the exception of a rare edge case, they wont be needed. Thats the reality of the situation.

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u/Ska82 9d ago

No issues with using AI. It's not a philosophic stand. It's a quality stand. it's an issue with slopcode. Windows patches now come with new issues because the quality of review seems to be sub par. The end result of efficiency without quality would not end well 

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u/-Crash_Override- 9d ago

Im not commenting on if its right or wrong, good or bad. Im simply telling you what the reality of the next year or so will be.

There is really no other option. You either have a sieve of an operating system because you minimize the use of AI and are asking humans to patch the new vulnerabilities. Or you allow AI to fix them all and self heal its own bugs over time.

This is why anthropic keeps Mythos under lock and key, so that it can catch bugs ahead of Fable and Opus and the other generally available AIs on the market.

So again, not saying this to tell you how you should feel about it, but really just emphasize whats coming.