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Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, on why AI is both a bubble and a revolution at the same time:
His answer refuses the binary, laying out why both things can be true at once:
"I mean, clearly, it's clearly both, right? It's clearly a bubble and at the same time, it's very interesting and I think it will change society and I think it will change how most skilled jobs get done."
But he pushes back on the maximalist framing:
"At the same time, I don't think it's as revolutionary as people make it out to be."
When asked about artists being angry that AI models were trained on their work without consent, Linus is blunt:
"That's reality. Deal with it. That genie is out of the bottle. You're not getting it back. And you're not getting it back whether you are a photographer who's out of work… or you're a programmer that has to learn to deal with a new reality."
On programming specifically, he's more optimistic, though he has a sharp caveat about vibe coding:
"I really think that AI will be a tool and it will make people more productive. I think that vibe coding is great for getting into programming. I think it's going to be a horrible thing to maintain."
His conclusion is that programmers aren't going anywhere:
"You still want to have the people who know how to maintain the end result."
Linus separates the technology from the noise around it:
"I'm a huge believer in AI. I'm not a huge believer in the whole things going on around AI. I find the marketing and the market to be sick and twisted and there is going to be a crash and it's not… it's going to be ugly."