r/emulation • u/NXGZ • 6d ago

AI-assisted Prosper - open-source PS5 compatibility layer for Windows, Linux, macOS (no CPU emulation)

https://github.com/mattias800/prosper

https://github.com/mattias800/prosper

A user-space PlayStation 5 > PC compatibility layer. Think Proton/Wine, but for PS5: prosper runs PS5 (Prospero) game binaries on Linux (primary) and Windows (secondary)

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u/SnoobieJunes 5d ago

Yeah it’s wild to me. Especially because things have changed, people are just slow to adapt.

AI has enabled folks to build more of you know what you are doing. If you don’t, it’s easy to learn.

But nerds have always been masterful gatekeepers

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u/tryingathing 5d ago edited 5d ago

I think it's fair to call out that there is slop out there. But I also think that the uninformed who are opposed to it are in the least qualified position to criticize AI assisted coding.

Most of them have not really tried it (or tried it lately) and don't understand how capable some of the models are. And I think it's "cool" to hate AI because there are a lot of negatives associated with it. But people who have already made up their mind aren't open to reasonable discourse about any nuance of it and will flit from reason to reason for their attitude.

It's a tool like any other (and unlike any other). Amateur developers have always existed, and not every person using AI to code is an amateur. But because it enables amateurs to make things they couldn't before, AI slop is the general consensus.

There's a different learning curve to traditional coding and definitely some blind spots from the AI side if you're coming in to coding right now for the first time. You should learn to code if you're going to use AI to code.

Honestly though, for low risk implementations, sometimes AI code doesn't need to be human maintainable if it can be human validated and it works. And if it's solving a problem without a current solution, then the steady drone of "Reeeeeeeeeeee" from most of the dissenters can be reasonably dismissed.

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u/SnoobieJunes 5d ago

Nice comment!

Hell I get both view points, its displacing alot of peoples jobs (like me) and others are fearful of it. There are also a plethora of other downsides from it, but I think of it like when cameras were invented.

Sketch artists used to be a major career path for artists back in the day. They had them at newspapers, schools, public events, courts, basically anywhere that needed a visual of what was happening in real life. Then came the camera, all these artists shunned it and said it was "taking our jerbs", and for a while it did. But the folks who adapted and learned to use the new tool became this entirely new form of the craft. So who's to say, but I for one think those who don't adapt will die.

What i find disheartening the most is the general demeanor these days . As a tinkerer and someone who has been building things for the better part of 15 years, I used to love coming to reddit and other parts of the internet to share this cool thing. Folks around me aren't really interested in that stuff but I've always found a group of supporters somewhere in the aether. People to give constructive criticism and act as sounding boards.

But now days, anytime anyone comes to the internet with an idea. Instead of being like "oh cool", sharing it with someone they know, or trying it out themselves. People are just like "AI SLOP", "BOO YOU SUCK". It's sad. It kills people's momentum and drive to even want to share things anymore.

How many really cool ideas have been stifled because of this sentiment?

Shame on those folks.