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Users critique Linus Torvalds's views on Linux and AI

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Several users on Mastodon are discussing Linus Torvalds's statements about Linux and AI, with many disagreeing with his perspective. Some argue that Linux's success is deeply rooted in its social and community aspects, not just its technical merits. Critics also express fatigue with Big Tech's marketing of AI, suggesting that the push for unfinished tools is met with consumer skepticism rather than outright denial. AI

IMPACT Critiques of AI marketing and the social aspects of open-source projects highlight user skepticism towards rapid, unfinished tool adoption.

RANK_REASON The cluster consists of social media posts discussing opinions on Linux and AI, rather than a primary release or significant event.

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Users critique Linus Torvalds's views on Linux and AI

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COVERAGE [5]

  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    @ ErikJonker @ bert_hubert @ nizmow I don't believe people are in denial; rather, they are experiencing fatigue from Big Tech's marketing overload. We are const

    @ ErikJonker @ bert_hubert @ nizmow I don't believe people are in denial; rather, they are experiencing fatigue from Big Tech's marketing overload. We are constantly bombarded with buzzwords and forced features we didn't ask for. People aren't rejecting innovation itself; they ar…

    LINKS eupolicy.social/@bert_hubert bitbang.social/@nizmow
  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    @ DarkRockStudios He's wrong because # Linux has always been a "social warrior" project - or does he really think his toy kernel would have attracted contributi

    @ DarkRockStudios He's wrong because # Linux has always been a "social warrior" project - or does he really think his toy kernel would have attracted contributions had the # UNIX or # Windows kernels been free and open source? Why would volunteers or businesses contribute code to…

  3. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    @ tinker This amoral techbro statement about # Linux and # AI by # Linus is worthy of Wernher von Braun. As satirized by Tom Lehrer: "Once rockets are up who ca

    @ tinker This amoral techbro statement about # Linux and # AI by # Linus is worthy of Wernher von Braun. As satirized by Tom Lehrer: "Once rockets are up who cares where they come down? That's not my department", says Wernher von Braun.

  4. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    @ tinker The social angle of that project has been, and will remain, the major motivating part of many supporters and contributors. Without them, # Linux would

    @ tinker The social angle of that project has been, and will remain, the major motivating part of many supporters and contributors. Without them, # Linux would have stayed precisely what Torvalds announced it as, »just a hobby, won't be big and professional, like gnu«. There is n…

  5. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    @ rl_dane Does this come as a surprise to you? # Linux is more corporate than ever but it didn't happen overnight. The OS drives # BigTech and companies around

    @ rl_dane Does this come as a surprise to you? # Linux is more corporate than ever but it didn't happen overnight. The OS drives # BigTech and companies around the world, and now it's pretty much the de facto OS for # AI . Linus is a millionaire not because of the community but b…

    LINKS polymaths.social/@rl_dane

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