The Debian project is engaging in a debate and vote on whether large language model (LLM) tools may be used in the development of Debian, its distribution-specific code, and the project’s website. The general resolution is currently being discussed leading into a vote on the subject.
The thread where Torvalds said this was about AI code analysis tools, not LLMs (aka generative AI). Big difference.
LLMs aka Large Language Models are the current standard of AI. (Despite all their problems and weaknesses)
While he said this in a discussion about AI code analysis (powered by LLMs) his statement was clearly meant broader. Don’t be delusional.
It certainly sounds like he would use LLMs if he found them useful for kernel development, but I didn’t get the impression that he currently finds them useful for this purpose.