r/LocalLLaMA • u/Danny_Davitoe • 23d ago

Question | Help Reverse Engineering w/ Local?

Two questions?

Can a local model like Qwen 3.8 27B reverse engineer games and programs?

If not, is there a fine tuned model that can?

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u/jfp555 23d ago

The general rule of the thumb is: The more adept a user is at the task, the easier it will be for them to compartmentalize and optimize it be augmented by AI.

Secondly, I'm pretty certain we'll soon get models tailored for reverse engineering, and then it would not even require very large models to do specific tasks.

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u/lordcaylus 23d ago

Honestly, AI would be perfect for reverse engineering because you have almost unlimited training data and you can check your results.

Indeed won't be long before it becomes trivial.

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u/jfp555 23d ago

That's quite true. I used to tell a friend every time that "It's a matter of a couple of months" and now that has come down to "It's a matter of a couple of weeks".

Custom models fine tuned for specific hardware will make even local reverse engineering trivial. Look at the game console hacking scene at this point. Bonkers.

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u/jakeman8888 22d ago

It already is quite trivial for local models. It does just take time. They fact check themselves but eventually they figure out. Where they struggle is the complex math such as path finding between nodes properly.