could I get an AI to just rewrite any software I want thereby not having to purchase the desired app?

Comments

• rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  if source code is available, then chatbot can copy it badly and then gaslight you that clearly broken pile of shit actually works

  source

  • Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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…

    source
• not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yeah, costs about $165,000 in tokens, if you’re really smart about it. bun.com/blog/bun-in-rust

  source
• perviouslyiner@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Here is someone’s experience getting ai to make a copy of notepad: youtube.com/watch?v=bmBd39OwvWg

  source
• testfactor@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

  source
• notsosure@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  No, the IP is still protected.

  source

  • Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

    source

    • notsosure@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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!

      source

      • -> View More Comments
• normalentrance@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  m.youtube.com/watch?v=7NfyZhV1dKM

  source
• trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Try it out and see how well it works

  source

  • Karmanopoly@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I barely even use email.

    I don’t have any chatgpt or any of those

    source

    • slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Then to answer our question. No you can’t.

      source
    • one_old_coder@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      ChatGPT is free. Try it, then come back and we’ll make fun of you.

      source
• CameronDev@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

  source

  • Karmanopoly@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I really liked windows 98.

    Could it recreate that for me?

    source

    • zwerg@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No, and if you really want that ReactOS exists.

      source
    • CameronDev@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Maybe window RG.

      www.jamesweb.co.uk/windowsrg

      source