The convergence of Ptacek's 'vuln research is cooked' thesis with the Linux kernel's 50x report volume increase (3/week → 10/day) reveals a structural problem: AI agents can find vulnerabilities faster than maintainers can triage them. This isn't just a Linux problem — any popular open-source project used by coding agents as context will face similar discovery floods. The bottleneck has shifted from finding bugs to reviewing fixes, creating demand for AI-assisted triage tooling.