引述 Linus Torvalds:Linux 绝非反 AI 项目,“AI 是工具,而且显然很有用”
英文标题:Quoting Linus Torvalds
Linux 最高层维护者 Linus Torvalds 明确表态,Linux 不是反 AI 项目,如果有人不满可以走开源分叉的路。他强调 AI 正是一种有用的工具,一年前或许还不够明显,但今天已毋庸置疑。Torvalds 的立场为开发者社区定下基调,鼓励将 AI 视为可融入工作流的现实生产力,而非意识形态禁区。
中文
2026 年 7 月 16 日
我意识到有些人的确非常讨厌 AI,但在这个问题上,作为最高层维护者,我愿意绝对坚持立场。
Linux 不是那种反 AI 的项目,如果谁对此有意见,那就可以像开源世界惯常做的那样——去分叉。
或者直接走开。
AI 是一种工具,就和我们使用的其他工具一样。而且它显然是一件有用的工具。
哪怕就在一年前,这可能还不够“显然”,但到了今天已经不再是问题了。
当然围绕 AI 还有其他问题(比如最终它的经济形态究竟会是什么样),但“它是否有用”已经不再是疑问。任何仍然怀疑这一点的人,显然没有真正用过它。
— Linus Torvalds,Linux Media 邮件列表
English / 原文
16th July 2026
I realize that some people really dislike AI, but this is an area where I'm willing to absolutely put my foot down as the top-level maintainer.
Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects, and if somebody has issues with that, they can do the open-source thing and fork it.
Or just walk away.
AI is a tool, just like other tools we use. And it's clearly a useful one.
It may not have been that "clearly" even just a year ago, but it's no longer in question today.
There are other questions around AI (like what the economy of it will actually look like in the end), but "is it useful" is no longer one of those questions. Anybody who doubts that clearly hasn't actually used it.
— Linus Torvalds, Linux Media Mailing List