{"slug": "torvalds-ai-is-a-tool-just-like-other-tools-it-s-clearly-a-useful-one", "title": "Torvalds: 'AI Is a Tool, Just Like Other Tools. It's Clearly a Useful One'", "summary": "Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, stated that AI is a useful tool and that the Linux project will not adopt an anti-AI stance, warning that those who disagree can fork the project or walk away.", "body_md": "By **John Gruber**\n\n[Paper](https://paper.design/?utm_source=df) — The connected canvas for teams shipping with agents\n\nLinus Torvalds:\n\nI 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.\n\nLinux 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.\n\nOr just walk away.\n\nAI is a tool, just like other tools we use. And it’s clearly a useful one.\n\nIt may not have been that “clearly” even just a year ago, but it’s no longer in question today.\n\nThere 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.\n\n★ *Friday, 17 July 2026*", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/torvalds-ai-is-a-tool-just-like-other-tools-it-s-clearly-a-useful-one", "canonical_source": "https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/07/17/torvalds-on-ai", "published_at": "2026-07-17 22:19:31+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-17 22:51:44.147152+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Linus Torvalds", "Linux"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/torvalds-ai-is-a-tool-just-like-other-tools-it-s-clearly-a-useful-one", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/torvalds-ai-is-a-tool-just-like-other-tools-it-s-clearly-a-useful-one.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/torvalds-ai-is-a-tool-just-like-other-tools-it-s-clearly-a-useful-one.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/torvalds-ai-is-a-tool-just-like-other-tools-it-s-clearly-a-useful-one.jsonld"}}