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I would get his points if they (Linus, kernel developers, related foundations) actually did any sort of assessment on the usefulness of AI code and could show me that it's useful etc. I don't see any professionalism here though or engineering mindset, just some "feels" and I'm getting the feeling that Linus himself is somehow benefiting (monetarily) from his pro-AI stance.
I definitely can see the usefulness of AI in assisting with code, that's for sure. Automated security scanning is incredibly helpful and something that fits the current technology very well (since we don't expect them to find every single vulnerability and instead treat it as a additional tool to find issues and not even necessary fix them either)
anyway, wish they had more proof before jumping in. also there's the whole license laundering thing going on and some American courts already deciding that LLM produced code can't be licensed, Linus has no opinion on this?
it also seems like he's also very selective about his ethical concerns, since he was so vocal earlier about being pro-trans and whatever, yet he hasn't commented a single thing about the ethical concerns of AI