Can an LLM rebuild a closed-source game from just inputs and pixels?
TheZachMueller · x · 2026-11-10
Elliot Arledge poses a thought experiment: given a random closed-source game that can't be decompiled, could you capture the minimal set of keyboard/mouse inputs and pixel outputs and have an LLM construct source code indistinguishable from the original? Zach Mueller amplifies it with a "Ship of Theseus hits video games" quip — highlighting how behavior-level reconstruction could blur the line between reverse engineering and original creation.
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