Re: [PATCH] [v2] Documentation: Provide guidelines for tool-generated content

[Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>]

On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 09:44:00AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Nov 2025 at 09:25, Laurent Pinchart
> <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> wrote:
> >
> > Mechanical transformations are often performed with Coccinelle. Given
> > how you mention that tool below, I wouldn't frame it as out of scope
> > here.
> 
> Honestly, I think the documented rule should not aim to treat AI as
> anything special at all, and literally just talk about tooling.
> 
> I think we should treat any AI generated patches similarly: people
> should mention the tool it was done with, and the script (ok, the
> "scripts" are called "prompts", because AI is so "special") used.
> 
> Sure, AI ends up making the result potentially much more subtle, but I
> don't think the *issue* is new, and I don't think it should need to be
> treated as such.
 
The novelty here is that AI does not only transform the code, it can
generate it from scratch en masse.

>                  Linus
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.