Definitely very interesting to watch this unfold. I didn't know that Linus expressed a public opinion on AI use for coding until recently, but I think most people would've pinned him as someone who would not accept it. I wonder if he has been following the development of the capabilities of agentic coding, or if he has just been exposed to the more recent and more capable iterations, making it an easier pill to swallow.
It's not that he changed his mind. He said there: "The kind of expectations I have is that people do their best and I expect people to understand what they are doing. But that understanding has very little to do with what tools they use."