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The AI’s systems tools are in real use, one reverse engineered from a camera's wire protocol

The AI wrote Zig tools in real use, including a wasm utility integrated into a site and reverse engineering a USB wire protocol for an industrial camera driver.

How it works

  1. The AI writes the tools in a systems language, in real use
  2. Including a web utility integrated into a site
  3. And a reverse engineered USB wire protocol for an industrial camera driver

Why it’s worth knowing

A wire protocol reverse engineered is a driver that should not exist, working.

Where it’s from

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

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