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.

  • VibeSurgeon@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    Decompilation offers you the possibility of cutting out network-required features, if you dream a little bigger.

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      2 days ago

      They’re not talking about individual features, they’re talking about locking the entire game behind a network (such as game streaming) so the game can’t be downloaded to be decompiled in the first place.

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        2 days ago

        It’s been tried before, but the fundamental limitations on networking- not to mention the compute you have to spend in data centers to run it - makes it pretty unlikely to happen, especially as a means of preventing piracy.

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          1 day ago

          Aren’t we assuming the data center buildout is to monopolize compute and turn our home computing into dumb screens?

          That’s what I think the hyper scalers are planning, especially after the LLM bubble pops.

          • gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org
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            22 hours ago

            nah, as a person living in central europe, which is supposed to be somewhat modern, i can tell you that to this day, i’ve never had internet speed greater than 1 MB / sec. that’s certainly not enough to live-stream games. and also my current ping is about ~100 ms i guess (am on mobile connectivity, no cable where i live).