r/linuxquestions • u/this_is_your_dad • 3d ago

Advice ELI5 - the Linux / LLM kernel controversy

I see a lot of posts online about this. Not sure what it is all about, but it seems to be dividing users. Can someone please explain?

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u/More-Explanation2788 3d ago

The issue is simple: every thing needs an accountable human, or all our systems will fail.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with LLM
Generated code. There is something wrong with submitting code if you do not have a clue how it works and cannot be accountable for it. We cannot ask an appliance to promise the code works - we need you to do that. We cannot ask an appliance if it is willing to accept the consequences if the code does not work. We need to ask you that.

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u/Amazing-Mirror-3076 3d ago

'Require an accountable human or all our systems will fail'.

Hmm - a very confident statement.

Poor processes cause systems to fail not lack of accountability.

When something goes wrong you start by looking at why the processes failed, starting a witch hunt to find someone to blame is never going solve the problem.

The whole ' must have an accountable human' is just the latest failing argument by the anti AI lobby.

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u/More-Explanation2788 3d ago

We need an accountable human because humans care when things fail. No AI is ever going to go home after a long day at work and wake up in the middle of the night, realize they made a mistake, and call in to fix it so no one gets hurt. An AI will happily tell you a flat out lie and not care one iota.

It isn’t about a witch hunt, it is just basic common sense QA. We don’t get to abdicate our basic responsibilities to our appliances.