Linus Torvalds Endures A Debug Session From Hell, 'Enormously Helped' By AI

Source: Slashdot.org· BeauHD· August 21, 2026

Linus Torvalds says AI "enormously helped" him track down a stubborn Intel Xe graphics driver bug that took 24 debugging patches and 18 kernel boots to isolate. "I'd like to call it my tireless helper, but the AI several times stated flat out that this was im…

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