This week， the Linux kernel project finally created a formal， project-wide policy explicitly allowing AI-assisted code contributions， as long as developers obey strict new disclosure requirements.

Torvalds' view， which gives this policy its main philosophical shape， is pretty direct： AI is just another tool. Developers submitting garbage code are not going to be fixed by more documentation， so the kernel should hold people accountable instead of trying to control the software they use on their local machines.

It is a practical and reasonable line to take， especially compared with the panic in other parts of the open-source scene.

You are the one on the hook now. If Claude introduces for example， a race condition in the block layer and you approve it， the patch carries your tag， not the model's.