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IMO it's a double-edged sword. What if, as a direct consequence of the new RE capabilities, there eventually won't be any new "juicy" binaries to decompile because every important piece of software will run on a company's server while you will have just a thin client (as someone pointed in [1])?


Even remotely.

At a certain point, an AI looks at what the software does and figures out what functions would produce the observed results.

If it turns out to be different to the original, but stil gets the job done, how often will the distinction matter?


This is the way.

“Computah, replicate target system. Use whatever resources are required to build requirements and specs, ship to software factory when necessary.” Whenever models and harnesses improve, improve reverse engineering accordingly.


Reverse engineer anything with agents, from app behavior down to native binaries - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50058850 - October 2026

https://github.com/morluto/rea

https://rea.tools


AI is mass decompiling games. That's both awesome and scary - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50088534 - October 2026




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