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From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>,
	sashal@kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	conduct@kernel.org, ebiederm@xmission.com
Subject: Re: Sasha Levin is halucinating, non human entity, has no ethics and no memory
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:56:27 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ple8x73o.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aG2B6UDvk2WB7RWx@duo.ucw.cz>

Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> writes:

> Hi!
>
> So... I'm afraid subject is pretty accurate. I assume there's actual
> human being called "Sasha Levin" somewhere, but I interact with him
> via email, and while some interactions may be by human, some are
> written by LLM but not clearly marked as such.
>
> And that's not okay -- because LLMs lie, have no ethics, and no
> memory, so there's no point arguing with them. Its just wasting
> everyone's time. People are not very thrilled by 'Markus Elfring' on
> the lists, as he seems to ignore feedback, but at least that's actual
> human, not a damn LLM that interacts as human but then ignores
> everything.

So ... we probably need to have discussions about the role LLMs will
play in kernel development, but this is not the way to do it.  You are
talking about a fellow human, and should treat him with respect.
Please, let's not have this kind of attack here.

jon

      parent reply	other threads:[~2025-07-10 17:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-07-08 20:39 Sasha Levin is halucinating, non human entity, has no ethics and no memory Pavel Machek
2025-07-09 21:14 ` Shuah
2025-07-10  6:24   ` Pavel Machek
2025-07-27  9:08   ` Pavel Machek
2025-07-29 17:23     ` Shuah
2025-07-10 17:56 ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]

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