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<blockquote cite="https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/818bebeb63dd6bf5f4e07e145f6cdbace520a34c"><p>And this was a debug session from hell, enormously helped by an AI doing much of the grunt-work.</p> <p>I'd like to call it my tireless helper, but the AI several times stated flat out that this was impossible and unsolvable and that we should just write a report about it.</p> <p>I suspect those things have been trained by people who may not be quite as stubborn as I am.</p> <p>But while the AI was ready to give up several times, it did keep adding debug code and analyzing it faithfully when I pushed. So credit where credit is due and I let the AI write the commit message above.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/818bebeb63dd6bf5f4e07e145f6cdbace520a34c">Linus Torvalds</a>, drm/xe: Don't hand out the flat CCS storage as usable VRAM</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/linus-torvalds">linus-torvalds</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/linux">linux</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/generative-ai">generative-ai</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai-assisted-programming">ai-assisted-programming</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai">ai</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/llms">llms</a></p>

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22nd August 2026

And this was a debug session from hell, enormously helped by an AI doing much of the grunt-work.

I'd like to call it my tireless helper, but the AI several times stated flat out that this was impossible and unsolvable and that we should just write a report about it.

I suspect those things have been trained by people who may not be quite as stubborn as I am.

But while the AI was ready to give up several times, it did keep adding debug code and analyzing it faithfully when I pushed. So credit where credit is due and I let the AI write the commit message above.

&mdash; Linus Torvalds, drm/xe: Don't hand out the flat CCS storage as usable VRAM

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