ESR: LLM Reverse Engineering Will End the Closed-Source Era

Open-source pioneer Eric S. Raymond argues that LLMs can reverse-engineer any binary or firmware, even full AAA games, making closed-source secrecy obsolete and heralding the end of the closed-source era.

2026-10-05 ~ 2026-10-06 · 2 related posts

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