@sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 days agoLinus Torvalds says AI-powered bug hunters have made Linux security mailing list ‘almost entirely unmanageable’www.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1441arrow-down16cross-posted to: news
arrow-up1435arrow-down1external-linkLinus Torvalds says AI-powered bug hunters have made Linux security mailing list ‘almost entirely unmanageable’www.theregister.com@sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 days agomessage-square83fedilinkcross-posted to: news
minus-square@ryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish4•9 days agoI guess the articles are about a big nothing
minus-square@CameronDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish9•9 days agoThe problem highlighted by this article is the flood of slop. The mailing list is almost irrelevant, because regardless of whatever alternative you use, the flood of slop will still keep overwhelming it.
minus-square@ryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 days agoEmails don’t allow merging threads very easily. The issue is lots of duplicates. Other tools would increase the capability to handle the popularity
minus-square@MangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglish2•8 days agoThere are varying opinions about the quality of the reports: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/03/26/linux-kernel-czar-says-ai-bug-reports-arent-slop-anymore/5226256
I guess the articles are about a big nothing
The problem highlighted by this article is the flood of slop. The mailing list is almost irrelevant, because regardless of whatever alternative you use, the flood of slop will still keep overwhelming it.
Emails don’t allow merging threads very easily. The issue is lots of duplicates. Other tools would increase the capability to handle the popularity
There are varying opinions about the quality of the reports: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/03/26/linux-kernel-czar-says-ai-bug-reports-arent-slop-anymore/5226256