A game decompilation website is “sunsetting” because of the influx of AI use.
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TL;DR
- decomp.dev, a game decompilation website, is "sunsetting."
- The decision comes after an influx of AI-assisted decompilations.
- The website was originally designed to gamify decompilation and motivate human effort.
- AI use has transformed decompilation into a "hollow numbers game."
- The platform's public index and leaderboard are now considered to be causing more harm than good.