I agree with you, and also consider the current AI setup destructive and unethical all the way from the model creation from mostly stolen data to the data centers to run it with the issue you listed.

I would also prefer if more people spoke up on that to fasten the demise of this current hype.

That being said I also realise that Linux (and therefore the kernel) is incredibly important in a different fight for privacy and owning our own devices. If it were to fall behind because they completely lock themselves off from the admittedly useful aspects of AI, it could backfire in a different way.

I think it’s a lose-lose situation here and he understandably picked the side that’s more impactful for the Linux kernel (and him).