Say I wanted an app , could I just ask AI to write me the software and voila now I have the app for free.
Yeah, costs about $165,000 in tokens, if you’re really smart about it. bun.com/blog/bun-in-rust
could I get an AI to just rewrite any software I want thereby not having to purchase the desired app?
Submitted 2 weeks ago by Karmanopoly@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Karmanopoly@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Do they accept crypto tokens?
notsosure@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
No, the IP is still protected.
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
But that would only be a problem if OP wanted to sell the result.
Only using the stuff himself, as he stated, should be totally fine.
And the point is exactly, that doesn’t steal (at least if you for a moment don’t regard based on what LLMs are trained…), but use something different instead.notsosure@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Nope, incorrect. - Personal Use ≠ Fair Use: While some jurisdictions have “fair use” or “fair dealing” exceptions (e.g., for criticism, education, or parody), personal use alone does not automatically qualify as fair use!
testfactor@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Not really. Let’s see if we can’t put together an analogy as to why.
When talking about software, the term “source code” comes up a lot. Think of this as a recipe someone would use to make the software. The software itself (for instance, Windows 98) is like the food made from cooking that recipe.
But something like Windows 98 is more like a giant cookbook full of recipes, and all of those recipes are written in a way to make a giant, cohesive meal.
Now, it’s important to realize that Microsoft has never released any of those recipes. And in the same way that you could make a copycat version of your favorite restaurant’s specialty, you could have AI give you a copycat recipe for some software.
But while you might be able to get close, your computer is a very picky gourmand. The little differences matter a lot, especially when you start trying to use things that were designed to work with the “real” version.
Another important thing most other people have already identified is what the AI can actually do. By default, most AI like ChatGPT is just a chatbot. It can talk to you, but not much else. So, you can ask you to give you a copycat recipe for some software and it will give you one, it’ll just be the recipe. You’ll have to do the “cooking” yourself.
They do now make what are called “agentic” AI’s that can do the “cooking” for you. But again, they would be working off the copycat recipe that the normal AI came up with, which is going to be a little bit (but importantly) wrong at the outset. Especially for something as big and connected as Windows. And the agentic AI’s aren’t free to use like the chatbot ones. In fact, they’re very expensive.
So, all that to say, it would be very difficult if not impossible to do what you are asking via AI.
perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Here is someone’s experience getting ai to make a copy of notepad: youtube.com/watch?v=bmBd39OwvWg
DougPiranha42@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Of course, and this was also true before LLMs. Don’t want to buy MS Word? Just write a word processor.
The only catch is that it’s likely several orders of magnitude more expensive and difficult to write software for personal use (with or without AI) than to purchase it or to use a free alternative.Using AI to write scripts and macros to automate tasks that didn’t worth automated previously, is definitely a thing though. Someone link the xckd which explains the function between time spent on automation and time gained on not having to do the task.
e0qdk@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
CameronDev@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
None of the agentic AIs are free to use, so you’d have to pay for a subscription. You can run a self-hosted model, but they arent free either, and are a lot more limited.
Small and basic apps, you can easily replace. More complex ones, not yet.
Karmanopoly@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I really liked windows 98.
Could it recreate that for me?
zwerg@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
No, and if you really want that ReactOS exists.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Idk about 98 but XP source is available. If you’re so dismissive of copyright, just compile it without the license check and don’t waste energy on AI.
CameronDev@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Maybe window RG.
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Try it out and see how well it works
Karmanopoly@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I barely even use email.
I don’t have any chatgpt or any of those
slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Then to answer our question. No you can’t.
one_old_coder@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
ChatGPT is free. Try it, then come back and we’ll make fun of you.
humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Vibe coder fanboi went live on youtube when fable came out. Spent $60 in tokens to make a GTA 0.1 clone.
iocase@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Try it and let us know how it goes.
God, I wish I had your world view…
spittingimage@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Absolutely!
Be sure to post later and let us know how it goes.
normalentrance@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
if source code is available, then chatbot can copy it badly and then gaslight you that clearly broken pile of shit actually works
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
A new business model for these lying greedy AI companies:
Have every software ready, but put millions of tokens on the bill everytime when someone asks to write it new…