AI is now able to decompile games and software in a matter of days. That's scary... but kind of exciting.

I wrote a blog post on the current trend of game decompilations using AI and where we’re going with this. It’s all very promising but oh boy are the implications scary.

  • cybervseas@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 days ago

    I don’t think it’s scary at all, but you do you.

    DRM free games exist and yet people still buy games. And even if a decompilation works and works well, it’s just the code, not the creative assets that would still be protected under law.

    I enjoy doing reverse engineering from time to time, and at least for now being scared about this is like being scared of what people can do thanks to ghidra.

    Dzuma is an interesting security minded fella on YouTube that has a balanced leaning positive view on what’s real and what’s hype. https://youtube.com/watch?v=DNS-4Wl7dY4

    • JensSpahnpasta@feddit.orgEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Yeah - I like this. It gives old games a new life. It is really something creative going on and we will see more mods and addons for older games. We will get Linux ports of Windows games and that is awesome!

      I really feel that peoples minds are switching into hatred at the mere mention of AI. “We’ve decompiled Super Smash Bros and you can now play it on Linux and add new characters” is celebrated, but “We’ve decompiled Super Smash Bros with AI and you can now play it on Linux and add new characters” is getting pure hatred. Which is insane.

    • macniel@feddit.orgEnglish
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      7 days ago

      not the creative assets that would still be protected under law.

      as if anyone would care at this point since (nearly) everything’s stolen to train GenAI anyway.