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Quoting Linus Torvalds

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According to Simon Willison's Weblog, Linus Torvalds described a debugging session where an AI acted as a tireless helper but also claimed the problem was unsolvable. Simon Willison's Weblog is reporting that the AI kept adding debug code despite its own warnings. As Simon Willison's Weblog tells it, he eventually credited the machine for the commit message, calling it useful even when it suggested giving up.

Source: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/22/linus-torvalds/

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