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Submission + - Linux kernel could soon expose every line AI helps write (nerds.xyz)

BrianFagioli writes: As AI continues to reshape how software gets written, even the Linux kernel isnâ(TM)t immune to its influence. Sasha Levin, a respected developer and engineer at Nvidia, has proposed a patch series aimed at formally integrating AI coding assistants into the Linux kernel workflow.

The proposal includes two major changes. First, it introduces configuration stubs for popular AI development tools like Claude, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codeium, Continue, Windsurf, and Aider. These are symlinked to a centralized documentation file to ensure consistency.

Second, and more notably, it lays out official guidelines for how AI-generated contributions should be handled. According to the proposed documentation, AI assistants must identify themselves in commit messages using a Co-developed-by: tag, but they cannot use Signed-off-by:, which legally certifies the commit under the Developer Certificate of Origin. That responsibility remains solely with the human developer.

One example shared in the patch shows a simple fix to a typo in the kernelâ(TM)s OPP documentation. Claude, an AI assistant, corrects âoedontâ to âoedonâ(TM)tâ and commits the patch with the proper attribution:

Co-developed-by: Claude claude-opus-4-20250514
Levinâ(TM)s patch also creates a new section under Documentation/AI/ where the expectations and limitations of using AI in kernel development are laid out. This includes reminders to follow kernel coding standards, respect the development process, and understand licensing requirements. There are things AI often struggles with.

While some developers may see this as a helpful step toward transparency, others might argue that codifying AI usage in one of the most human-driven open-source projects sends the wrong message. Should kernel development really be assisted by tools that donâ(TM)t fully grasp the consequences of their code?

Levinâ(TM)s proposal doesnâ(TM)t change the development process overnight. For now, itâ(TM)s just a request for comments (RFC). But it does raise a bigger question: how much AI is too much when it comes to open-source code that runs on billions of devices?

Let us know what you think. Should Linux welcome AI assistants into the fold, or keep the kernel strictly human-made?

Comment Re: A good rule of thumb for nearly everything... (Score 1) 56

Please keep defending the government getting involved deciding what speech is disinformation, so this administration can also decide what is hate speech and antisemitism, such as criticizing Israel. Your hypocrisy is precisely why you truly don't deserve any sort of constitutional protections, at all.

Comment Re:A good rule of thumb for nearly everything... (Score 1) 56

Ah yes - the hallmark of authoritarianism: The arbiter of truth is for the church... no... GOVERNMENT to decide. The left was supposed to be the progressive bastion of free speech, but lost all credibility. The right never had any except when they realized, for the most part, that censorship is wrong. Both sides - but particularly yours, is worthy of scorn and ridicule.

Comment Re:How will this work? (Score 1) 214

Photo radars are a reactive measure. If the goal is safety, and also eliminating carelessness and inattentiveness which we've ALL done, governors make the best sense as a proactive safety measure to save lives.

As far as cops, you have it backwards: Th static limits on any given road by our infallible authoritative experts following "The Science" in government have decided is SAFE, of all people involved, those in public SAFETY, who ENFORCE these perfect limits, should have these devices before anyone else does because they are sworn to uphold the law. For good reason, police chases are becoming less rare because its much harder to hide. The more we leave it up to machines to set the boundaries than a Barnie Fife with an attitude selectively enforcing the law, I'm actually for speed governors.

Manual driving is going to become very expensive soon because of the liability involved. I'd gladly give up driving if fleets of cars were autonomous. It allows much higher safer top speeds.

Comment Now the dystopia kicks in (Score 2, Insightful) 60

All the kids find their identities and human flaws too fragile to promote themselves directly, so now they start to augment their identities with bots and create hybrids. What's left? Anything I don't like, or anything someone doesn't say, is already just dismissed as a bot. The easiest way to dehumanize someone is to attribute what they express as being AI generated. So now, when everyone is hiding behind a bot, what's genuine? How the hell do I get back normal conversations and know the thing i'm communicating with is a flawed, normal, living, breathing human?

Today's kids' sense of identity has already unduly been controlled through attempts to control language (gender identity), now their self worth AND complete identity can now completely linked, depended on and controlled ultimately by these platforms and live out their avatar fantasies as real celebrities/products as bots. So to live an environment with exclusively human to human interactions, we now need to be luddites?

Comment Glad someone revived this concept (Score 1) 35

There was a similar project in NYC back around Occupy Wall Street to map out fixed stationary cameras and provide users a way to route around them. I actually had this on a rainy day project and am glad someone else has taken this initiative, it's precisely how I envisioned it.

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