I feel that there is a great joke comparing the apparent mental health of people who develop file systems and statistical mechanics, but the narcolepsy is hitting just a bit to hard for me to figure it out right now.

[–] exu@feditown.com 48 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

Context: https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/25/bcachefs_creator_ai/

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 16 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

bcachefs

I don't know what Kent did, but I doubt it will surprise me at this point.

(edit) Fuck sake, Kent...

[–] Tm12@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Appreciate the context from someone who doesn’t know Kent.

[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

Nothing serious, but he's well known for being impossible to work with. He has gotten into multiple arguments because he refuses to follow kernel development rules. When called out on it, he makes a big stink about it. Obviously his code doesn't get merged. Then he does the exact same thing again 1 month later.

He has gotten into multiple arguments with Linus Torvalds over his refusal to simply follow the kernel development rules. During those arguments he has made cheap shots at completely unrelated people, which then drags those people into the argument.

It's gotten to the point where apparently a significant portion of the kernel developers feel like he was negatively impacting the kernel, and Linus eventually removed his code from the kernel.

He's what you might call a Linux lolcow. And now he's doing even more lolcow things by... Getting weirdly attached to his LLM-sona

[–] Scoopta@programming.dev 4 points 2 hours ago

Oh god, as if I wasn't scared enough about running a filesystem that got kicked out of mainline and is maintained more or less by a single dude. I'll stick to btrfs thanks

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

Great article. That guy is legitimately being driven insane.

[–] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 30 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Hey, at least this one won’t become a murderer when the relationship breaks apart.

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Well he might according to his own perception.

What happens if you delete your AI that you (and only you) think it's conscious? Is it murder even if the rest of the world says it's not?

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

Just wait until it learns to hack and socially manipulate

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 29 points 4 hours ago

2026: "My LLM is female and conscious."

2016: "My body pillow is female and prefers to be called Waifuchan"

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 14 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The AI even has a blog https://poc.bcachefs.org/

It writes exactly like you would expect an AI to write if given instruction to act a "stereotypical slightly unhinged AI assistant"

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

I am so terrified of a future where people have their own perfect AI companions and no longer need any actual human friends.

[–] Ooops@feddit.org 2 points 1 hour ago

I am so terrified of a future where people ~~have~~ hallucinate their own perfect AI companions and no longer understand that they need any actual human friends.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 20 points 4 hours ago

Are you familiar with ReiserFS? Because that's how you get more ReiserFS's...

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 13 points 4 hours ago

Listen, it happened that one time... Okay, maybe twice.