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The AI decompiled his lab instrument and built the analysis the vendor never offered

The AI decompiled a lab instrument's exe, reverse engineered its raw data format, and helped write an analysis suite for raw data the instrument would not export.

How it works

  1. The agent decompiles the lab instrument's program
  2. Reverse engineers its raw data format
  3. Helps write an analysis suite for data the instrument would not export

Why it’s worth knowing

The export button that never existed, built by the customer.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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