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I disagree, and quote here Linus' recent comment:

> In the kernel community we do open source because it results in better technology, not because of religious reasons.

> And so we make decisions primarily based on technical merit. Not fear of new tools.

You are not making an argument based on technical merit here.

I am making an argument based on the fundamental nature of the tool, which is to make stochastic, unvetted decisions our behalf — categorically different from everything else in our toolbox. The technical and social repercussions to this are potentially vast: no other tool comes close. So it is actually Linus who is making an unconvincing appeal to emotion (and authority) by pretending that LLMs resemble hammers.

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