I have a small worry to share with you. Linux is powering roughly two thirds of all devices in the world. This means that Linux doesn’t only control our home computers but also servers that make up the building blocks of many critical services which our daily lives depend upon. Linux also powers the vast majority of TCP/IP networking nowadays, considering the fact that every home router is Linux powered. If Linux could think for itself then Linux would have insane power over Humans.

The input

Linux kernel developers have been tagging their AI-assisted code contributions for the past few months. This transparency has enabled us to see into the fact that nearly 10% of newly added code has been AI-assisted to some degree. Naturally, this is NOT a bad thing on its own. In the most positive scenario — this means that Linux kernel developers are now more agile. Every coin has two sides, though, and in contrast it could also mean that 10% of newly added Linux code is code that no Human understands. Not even the one who signed his name on that pull request.

Let me remind you, once again, that these are the two POSSIBLE extremes.

The pledge

If ALL Linux kernel developers pledge that they will never submit any code which they themselves don’t fully understand — then this fear vanishes entirely. However, if Linux kernel developers, in their desire for clout, start submitting code that not only they do not understand, but also starts overwhelming senior developers — at some point in the future a moment could arrive when all possible preparations for Skynet will be in place, and nobody will even know that it is there until it opens its eyes for the first time.

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