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Linus Torvalds uses AI to debug an Intel GPU driver bug (github.com)
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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 29 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah. Linus knew what he was doing here, all the AI was doing was writing simple debug code and reading the output. It was just saving him from manually writing that code. And given the prodding he had to do, I'm not sure it actually saved him any time or energy.