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Eric Raymond Predicts AI Will End Software Secrecy
Original: Eric Raymond Predicts End of Software Secrecy Through AI Decompilation
Open-source software advocate Eric Raymond argues that advances in AI-driven decompilation will make it impossible to keep software's inner workings secret. He suggests machine learning tools will soon be able to reconstruct readable source code from compiled binaries, undermining proprietary secrecy. Commenters are debating whether the prediction is realistic and what it would mean for closed-source companies and security through obscurity.
Why now: Raymond's claim about AI decompiling proprietary code is sparking debate over the future of software privacy and open source
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