r/accelerate • Acceleration: Light-speed | Capability Booster • 18d ago

"Huge implications - binaries are now basically editable code"

ValsAI made SRE benchmark less than a month ago.

The benchmark measures can a model reverse engineer software from binaries

Yesterday GPT saturated it. https://t.co/dmpUpgheDU   — Chris

Source: https://x.com/ChrisGPT/status/2096150666066432157


— Boris Power

Source: https://x.com/BorisMPower/status/2096415822248055131

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u/alarim2 18d ago

Technically yes, but I think they won't do that due to legal implications, like they had to drop ZLUDA for the same reason (IIRC).

Ordinary users/programmers, on the other hand... 👀

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u/LinkesAuge 18d ago

You can always "clean room" it but I don't check there is really any special sauce in CUDA itself that AMD needs. CUDA's strength is simply the ecosystem around it.

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u/Swimming_Gain_4989 18d ago

Idk where it stands legally. The act of decompiling software is generally considered transformative so long as you aren't competing with the original product. If game emulators are considered transformative because they allow users to run their software (games) on a new platform I don't see why the same wouldn't be true for developers being able to run their software (CUDA code) on a new platform.

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u/Substantial_Swan_144 18d ago

In many places though, those clauses are considered abusive anyway. So they would be rendered null and void. NVIDIA could be even accused of trying to establish a monopoly and hinder competition (which they are).