Is that not the LLM guy? [LWN.net]

Is that not the LLM guy?

Posted May 8, 2026 19:37 UTC (Fri) by IanKelling (subscriber, #89418)
In reply to: Is that not the LLM guy? by rahulsundaram
Parent article: killswitch for short-term emergency vulnerability mitigation

(mostly sarcasm) Confusion abounds. Is there a correlation between the LLM assistance in this patch and the KILL terminology in this patch? Would a less amoral / llm unassisted contributor have named it differently?

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Is that not the LLM guy?

Posted May 11, 2026 1:03 UTC (Mon) by cypherpunks2 (guest, #152408) [Link] (4 responses)

Is there actually a problem with the name killswitch? I didn't see any criticism of that on LKML.

Is that not the LLM guy?

Posted May 13, 2026 0:25 UTC (Wed) by IanKelling (subscriber, #89418) [Link] (3 responses)

Use your own mind and emotions! To have an LLM listed as co-author for a function called killX, where X is just about anything, that seems pretty ripe for a joke at least. I said "mostly", well, because humans doing killing of other living beings is an ordinary fact of life, automated killing using llms seems likely be an inhumane horror worthy of global attention, so, LLM listed as coauthor/"Assisted-by" on this seems maybe just a little thoughtless or distasteful in a strange way, which also seems to be one of the biggest problems with LLM generated content in general.

Is that not the LLM guy?

Posted May 13, 2026 0:48 UTC (Wed) by sashal (✭ supporter ✭, #81842) [Link] (1 responses)

Some folks on this thread got it, but in case you missed it, it was a reference to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killswitch_Engage

Is that not the LLM guy?

Posted May 13, 2026 17:21 UTC (Wed) by IanKelling (subscriber, #89418) [Link]

I missed it. Thanks for clarifying and please excuse my wondering from the peanut gallery, I'm happy to learn it was just my imagination.

Is that not the LLM guy?

Posted May 13, 2026 5:17 UTC (Wed) by zdzichu (subscriber, #17118) [Link]

Is Poe Law active here?