I have had an influx of these game decomps on my Instagram recently and was wondering why so many were appearing out of nowhere. Shortly after that influx, the open-sourcing Adobe Suit thing happened and again its on my feed. Most of these projects use AI to make it easier to decomply these things and understand why it was used but I am a bit worried about the implications. As in, will these decomps actually be stable? Will they be maintained? Will companies start lobbying for AI laws harder now, in a way it benefits them and not us?
I personally stay away from AI due to the many issues AI brings but I am a fan of people fighting big companies but is this the way to do it?
I feel that its karmic retribution. These companies stole everything then started generating code and through corruption they were able to set the precedent that AI is not copyright infringement. All the companies embraced it with open arms.
Now to see it being used to open up and fosswash these proprietary products and its very funny, I’m waiting for the big companies reaction. I can’t wait for them to clutch their pearls.