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The AI read a file system from the early 90s and got every file out intact

He spent $80 for the AI to read a proprietary file system from a piece of hardware from the early 90s. The AI extracted all the files intact.

$80one time

How it works

  1. Pays $80 for the AI
  2. The AI reads the proprietary file system
  3. All files are extracted intact

Why it’s worth knowing

The file system was proprietary and decades old, and the AI still read it and got every file out whole.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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