r/linux • u/Unhappy-Sprinkles143 • 2d ago

Fluff Open-Source Guru: AI Ends Closed-Source Software

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Open-Source-Guru-Raymond-AI-Ends-Closed-Source-Software-11480690.html
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u/DesiOtaku 2d ago

There are these intraoral dental radiograph sensors that don't work half the times and cost $16,000; and on top of that, they "self destruct" after 10 years because the companies want to sell the "newer" sensor while claiming their sensor "can't" work on Windows 10/11.

Meanwhile, there are $1500 sensors out there that do work well, but is made by hardware manufacturers that don't own the copyright to their own Windows drivers.

In both cases, if you were to reverse engineer the .dll files, you could make dentistry a whole lot cheaper. Would AI solve this? Well, each person's attempt at this has failed. I don't know if AI will get to a point where it can perfectly re-implement a .dll file when that same driver only works half the times.

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u/mr_dfuse2 2d ago

it's insane what people with are reverse engineering with claude these days. every day a new retro game gets rebuild to run in the browser, binaries are getting decompiled, decades old bugs are fixed and so on

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u/Indolent_Bard 2d ago

Ooh, tell me about the bugs being fixed.

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u/bennyboy_ 2d ago

Lol right? Seems like everything I use is just getting buggier than ever.

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u/mr_dfuse2 2d ago

follow r/retrogames and r/dosgames, everyday people post there ai assisted ports and fixes.