Linus Torvalds details his 'debug session from hell' pushing an AI to fix an error it repeatedly said was 'impossible and unsolvable'. He then made it write the report

Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, described a debugging session in which he pushed an AI to fix an error it repeatedly claimed was 'impossible and unsolvable,' and then had the AI write the report. The incident highlights the challenges and potential of AI-assisted debugging in software development.

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