Re: LLM based rewrites

Steven Rostedt <[email protected]> Mon, 9 Mar 2026 14:34:06 -0400
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.tech-board-discuss,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
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On Mon, 09 Mar 2026 11:19:42 -0700
James Bottomley <[email protected]> wrote:

> I don't think LLMs will be able to come up with the necessary proof of
> separation without essentially recreating the clean room process, which
> grows cost prohibitive as the complexity of the work increases.

I con see one AI bot reading the original code, and then making the prompts
to pass to a second AI bot to produce the code.

That is basically exactly how clean rooms work for humans. Now the question
is, would courts agree that is a clean room?

-- Steve