ESR: AI-powered decompilation of AAA games means the end of closed source is near
josephdviviano · x · 2026-10-05
Eric S. Raymond argues closed source software is dying. He used AI to decompile an old DOS shareware game—the AI identified Borland Pascal from data layout and produced readable code, which he transpiled to Rust. He thought it a stunt, but people are now decompiling entire AAA games, implying any binary can be reversed.
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