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Why is it a problem? Sounds to me like emulation is a very good fit for AI.

Cthulhu_ 6d ago
I can imagine some people feel like it's cheating because they did it the hard way. I have much respect for those people and their skillset and I hope AI doesn't discourage them.
- phoghed 6d ago
  Hopefully as AI coding continues to improve they’ll come to view it like chess players do Stockfish
  - protonbob 5d ago
    But playing chess is a game already.
- goodmythical 5d ago
  Yeah, I'm really pissed at all these car drivers doing marathons in 26 minutes because I've been working on it for years and can't get my time below 4 hrs.
  - dmonterocrespo 5d ago
    Even though I used AI, it took me months to decipher parts of the emulation. I had to study, and I loved learning things I didn't know. It's also a very beautiful learning path; everything related to technology is magical. Engineers from all over the world are trying to revive the iPod and products that are no longer commercially available.
ChrisRR 5d ago
They don't normally give a reason. Just picking a few random examples https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/1wbapys/zevora_emulator_zeebo/ https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/1wbapys/zevora_e... https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/1w8b6rk/ruzu_is_a_nintendo_switch_emulator_using_llm/ https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/1w8b6rk/ruzu_is_... https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/1vz9na6/pc_ports_of_old_console_games_are_the_new_ai_vibe/ https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/1vz9na6/pc_ports...
butokai 5d ago
I think another problem is: vibecoded emulators (like this one seems to be?) are likely to be a stunt, a cool project, but will not be maintained. Upstreaming this to qemu requires at least some human effort, and it is not very likely to happen. So we are left with a cool trick.
strangecasts 5d ago
Some communities are particular about maintaining cleanroom reverse-engineering (case in point: Portal 64 getting taken down for using Nintendo's leaked N64 SDK and not the OSS libdragon SDK) and are wary of people submitting AI-generated PRs without being able to account for their sources

I can imagine some people feel like it's cheating because they did it the hard way. I have much respect for those people and their skillset and I hope AI doesn't discourage them.

phoghed 6d ago
Hopefully as AI coding continues to improve they’ll come to view it like chess players do Stockfish
- protonbob 5d ago
  But playing chess is a game already.
goodmythical 5d ago
Yeah, I'm really pissed at all these car drivers doing marathons in 26 minutes because I've been working on it for years and can't get my time below 4 hrs.
- dmonterocrespo 5d ago
  Even though I used AI, it took me months to decipher parts of the emulation. I had to study, and I loved learning things I didn't know. It's also a very beautiful learning path; everything related to technology is magical. Engineers from all over the world are trying to revive the iPod and products that are no longer commercially available.

ChrisRR 5d ago

They don't normally give a reason. Just picking a few random examples https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/1wbapys/zevora_emulator_zeebo/ https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/1wbapys/zevora_e... https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/1w8b6rk/ruzu_is_a_nintendo_switch_emulator_using_llm/ https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/1w8b6rk/ruzu_is_... https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/1vz9na6/pc_ports_of_old_console_games_are_the_new_ai_vibe/ https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/1vz9na6/pc_ports...

butokai 5d ago

I think another problem is: vibecoded emulators (like this one seems to be?) are likely to be a stunt, a cool project, but will not be maintained. Upstreaming this to qemu requires at least some human effort, and it is not very likely to happen. So we are left with a cool trick.

strangecasts 5d ago

Some communities are particular about maintaining cleanroom reverse-engineering (case in point: Portal 64 getting taken down for using Nintendo's leaked N64 SDK and not the OSS libdragon SDK) and are wary of people submitting AI-generated PRs without being able to account for their sources