My 10 year old phone games run again thanks to the AI

He bought a Humble Bundle of Android games 10 years ago, but they are 32-bit and will not run on his 64-bit phone. He asked the AI to decompile and recompile them, and the games work on his phone again.

How it works

Asks the AI to decompile and recompile his 32-bit Android games
The games run on his 64-bit phone again

Why it’s worth knowing

Games he bought 10 years ago and could no longer run work on his new phone again, after the AI took them apart and rebuilt them.

Where it’s from

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

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