Linus Torvalds on LLMs and other topics

[kvee]

https://blog.mathieuacher.com/LinusTorvaldsLLM/

[latexr]

Direct link to video timestamp mentioned in the post:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=OvuEYtkOH88&t=20m30s

[rf15]

Disappointing to see that this article is just an AI-based transcription and nothing more. Why not link the original video here?

[orf → rf15]

Because most people would like to read, rather than link to a random YouTube video with no context

[tracerbulletx → orf]

I think most people probably prefer the format that best fits the content. In this case a live interview is best served by the original video and not someone trying to content farm it into an article. The ads this person has chosen for their site are also incredibly distasteful.

[moritzwarhier → tracerbulletx]

I prefer to read

[al_borland → orf]

I went and watched the video instead of reading the article. I guess I’m not most people.

[latexr → orf]

Such an assertion given that confidently demands a source. I very much doubt most people have such an overwhelming preference towards reading that they’d prefer to read an automated transcript which may contain inaccuracies over watching the ten minute source. If what you said is true, YouTube’s most popular feature would be downloading subtitles.

[exe34 → latexr]

It's like when somebody writes "It is well known that..." in a paper - the astute reviewer would then ask "Is it? Cite three papers then."

[latexr → exe34]

I don’t mean a peer reviewed study as a source, we’re not evaluating a paper here. Rather, I was looking for any kind of justification to that user’s claim, because it sounded like one of those “this what I want, thus it’s what most people want too” cases. That idea is further reinforced from the other comments they got.

[antifa → latexr]

This is HN, not tiktok. Text should always be a first class citizen here.

[latexr → antifa]

Perhaps read the guidelines before being snarky.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

This applies both generally:

> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine.

And specifically:

> If you submit a video or pdf, please warn us by appending [video] or [pdf] to the title.

There’s no rule against video.

[kelipso → latexr]

This thread was fun to read. Pretty sure you are trolling, right?

[jimjambw → rf15]

There’s a certain irony of the whole thing

[junon]

Somehow I expected Linus to be very anti-LLM but I actually share his viewpoint. I used to be pretty averse to the idea but it's since grown on me.

[consumer451]

Previously discussed, a tiny bit:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39050923