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And it's the job of lawmakers to rein in the harmfulness of AI, not of open-source software developers.
And even if it isn't open source, expecting companies to be the moral police without actual jurisdiction involved has already led to censorship, like Steam purging a bunch of games because of pressure from Visa and MasterCard. This isn't something to be encouraged, even when it's for things we don't like, until it's actually legally clear how AI is harmful and not "dubious".
Not that this mail is about users anyway, but about contributors. I didn't get from this if Linus wants to push AI use for Linux contributors or not, but I doubt he does. But blocking people from using it by their own decision would be a bad move, as long as the output is reviewed and works.