Do you know Linus Torvalds? He is one of the most important figures in the IT world, but he is little known to the general public. He created the kernel of the Linux operating system, also used in AndroidAndroid. More than thirty years later, he still leads the project, which earned him the nickname “ benevolent dictator for life “. He is known for not mincing his words.
During the Open Source Summit in Vienna in September, Linus Torvalds was interviewed for the podcast Let’s Talk on the channel YouTubeYouTube TFiR. Between different subjects, the man gave his opinion on the current craze for generative artificial intelligence. “ I think that theIAIA is really interesting and will change the world “, he declared, before moving on to criticism.
Linus Torvalds, interviewed for the Let’s Talk podcast, talks about generative artificial intelligence (starting at 37’28). In English, enable automatic translation of subtitles. © TFiR
Artificial intelligence is 90% of marketing
If Linus Torvalds hopes for great things from generative AI, for him, it is far from complete. “ I hate the hype cycle so much that I really don’t want to venture into it. So my approach to AI right now is to ignore it “. According to him, it only keeps 10% of its promises, everything else is marketing. He waits to see in five years how AI will be used for real-world tasks, and will revise his opinion at that time.
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It is the complete opposite ofElon MuskElon Muskwho is convinced that AI will overtake humanity in four years. For now, he finds that ChatGPTChatGPT is mainly used to make beautiful demonstrations. The chatbot can assist with low-level tasks, but all the added value must come from the human.
It’s always reassuring to hear such speeches when all the companies are trying to sell us AI. If you haven’t yet taken a deep interest in AI, or if you haven’t yet found a real use for it, you haven’t been left behind. It’s a technology that still needs to mature, particularly because of its unfortunate tendency to hallucinate…
