Re: [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] The role of AI and LLMs in the kernel process

[Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>]

"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> writes:

> I contend there is a huge difference between *code* and
> descriptions/documentation/...
>
> Although git is an enormous help, it is still far harder to unwind
> code than the auxiliary stuff.
>
> AI bug reports? We have gotten robot bug reports for
> decades. Translation tool? Not a problem. Using AI to get ideas? Not
> really different than reading out of a textbook
>
> However, *code* taken out of an AI seems to me that it would have to
> be presumed plagiarized. Furthermore, it is very often wrong in both
> subtle and blatant ways.

As you might imagine, I'm not fully on board with that.  Code is assumed
plagiarized, but text is not?  Subtly wrong documentation is OK?

I think our documentation requires just as much care as our code does.

jon