That’s the thing! This guy actually is a very involved leftist, complete with theory and everything…and then he goes on to say this

TIL I’m Mussolini for thinking that the fruits of labor should belong to the person that did the labor instead of being stolen and profited off of by faceless corporate billionaires

That’s not future dystopia. That’s just how it is and how it has always been since capitalism was invented

The fuck are you talking about. People with disabilities are incredibly creative and it’s fucking disgusting you think being a dumbass qualifies as a disability

Who?

Oh you can, if you’re a fucking cuckold. Which AI sloppers are

State. My bad, I forgot to add the location tag

God fucking forbid.

I’m borderline antisocial but you’re goddamned right I’d pick my ass up and go talk to an actual human being for 30 minutes about something I’m interested in because I’d much rather do that than use a fucking clanker.

Librarians are people who read a lot. They genuinely enjoy being able to talk about their area of expertise.

Pro tip: use a quiet conversational register of voice as opposed to screaming at the top of your lungs. Librarians don’t mind the former at all.

I’m not sure how going to a librarian and asking “recommend me books” (instead of "help me learn more about this thing)

“Hey so I like <book1>, <book2>, and <book3>, and I’m looking for more books to read in <genre1> or <genre2> or <genre3>, do you have any recommendations?”

Sure. But that’s like an English literature scholar deciding they want to write a pamphlet, but in French, despite knowing very little French – so instead of learning French, or just writing the pamphlet in English, or asking someone who knows French to translate…they use AI to write the thing. That’s really stupid.

Lmao fuck no.

“intelligent” is doing a lot of lifting

I cannot stand Python. I don’t like it. I don’t want to learn it. That’s not a fault or a deficiency, it’s a choice.

I’m with you 100%. However, the logical next step is then to code the thing in a language you know and/or like – I’m sure there are plenty of those. It is NOT to utilize a fucking AI to code it for you in Python just because you can’t be arsed to learn Python.

What is a problem is Linus’ decision to go ahead and “code” something on Python even though he had no intention on learning it, then using AI to code something for him that he could not troubleshoot because he doesn’t have the knowledge. That’s reckless.

That is exactly the argument the article is making (albeit rather roundabout and colored with personal opinion, which is…fine, it’s his article, he can phrase it however he wants to). Linus would rather vibe-code the thing in Python than just bang out a couple lines of code in a language he’s familiar with.

We might as well take him at face value and take an ax to the thing he’s warning us about (that he created). Just because.

We might as well take him at face value and take an ax to the thing he’s warning us about (that he created). Just because.

Also note that the python visualizer tool has been basically written by vibe-coding. I know more about analog filters – and that’s not saying much – than I do about python. It started out as my typical “google and do the monkey-see-monkey-do” kind of programming, but then I cut out the middle-man – me – and just used Google Antigravity to do the audio sample visualizer.

From the GitHub repo of said vibe-coded project. It appears Linus did not in fact know enough Python to code this properly and couldn’t be bothered to learn, so the writing you’re questioning is accurate.

They’re shredding him

1. Yes
2. It isn’t. He’s doubling down in the replies