Follow Tom's Hardware on Google News , or add us as a preferred source , to get our latest news, analysis, & reviews in your feeds.
Mark Tyson Social Links Navigation News Editor Mark Tyson is a news editor at Tom's Hardware. He enjoys covering the full breadth of PC tech; from business and semiconductor design to products approaching the edge of reason.
Findecanor Of course, the "AI" did not code the emulator itself. Rather it created a mashup of existing emulator code that it found out there on the web. That is how "AI" works. Don't be deceived. Reply
JohnyFin That's misleading article. AI is not create any code. Second you must know codding to do something with code from AI. Reply
George³ Is possible this LLM to create almost full emulator writing code simbol after simbol. But probably needs human intervention for fine tunning. Reply
dimar What's the point when emulators are already available. Now if AI could rewrite Windows 9x or WinXP or Win7 to supports the latest drivers APIs and software in one click, that would be something. Reply
palladin9479 Alternate headline, AI copy pastas existing NES emulator code to make new emulator without credit to original authors. Reply
alrighty_then Do you care if your tshirt was hand sewn or machine made? If your software was hand written or AI slopped together? If it does the job, no one cares…especially when the latter is way faster to create. There will be no developers writing without AI in the future. Reply
palladin9479 https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQBzpxXC3I8skBx3upIteTn0aD4zrdx1vc23x0fhGf8Qw&s The industry name for AI slop coding is Vulnerability as a Service. To avoid that you hire Vibe coding cleanup specialists to spend hours rewriting the code. Of course their previous job title was senior software engineer. Reply
TerryLaze Findecanor said: Of course, the "AI" did not code the emulator itself. Rather it created a mashup of existing emulator code that it found out there on the web. That is how "AI" works. Don't be deceived. That's not what happened here otherwise it would run much faster… This probably is AI. Trying to recreate donkey kong, and not a full NES emulator. You would need an nes donkey knog expert to play this and see how much it differs from actual nes gameplay. Reply
DSzymborski dimar said: What's the point when emulators are already available. Now if AI could rewrite Windows 9x or WinXP or Win7 to supports the latest drivers APIs and software in one click, that would be something. That kind of misses the point. The idea is to see how far one can stretch current AI. It's not really about the emulator program itself, but the challenge of it. It's the same reason we have awkward running robots or even people running 26.2 miles when a car or a bicycle is far more efficient for that travel. Reply
Key considerations
- Investor positioning can change fast
- Volatility remains possible near catalysts
- Macro rates and liquidity can dominate flows
Reference reading
- https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/SPONSORED_LINK_URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/dev-uses-claude-ai-to-write-a-functional-nes-emulator-you-can-test-it-now-playing-donkey-kong-in-your-browser#main
- https://www.tomshardware.com
- Logitech's legendary G502 Hero gaming mouse plummets to an irresistible $15.99 — free $20 gift card slashes best-selling mouse to its lowest ever price
- Adata XPG Mars 980 Blade 2TB SSD Review: Affordable Luxury
- Corsair reverses course and honors gaming PC order after $700 price hike uproar — order was erroneously flagged, but the company sends a coupon to the buyer to
- AMD closes in on Intel in latest Steam Hardware Survey — RAM capacity continues to rise despite the ongoing memory crunch
- UK company shoots a 1,000-degree furnace into space to study off-world chip manufacturing — semiconductors made in space could be 'up to 4,000 times purer' than
Informational only. No financial advice. Do your own research.