Thomas Wolf recounts child rebuilding game with Codex
Thomas Wolf shared an anecdote about his 13-year-old child rebuilding a paid video game with OpenAI Codex rather than purchasing it. Wolf contrasted the experience with his own 1990s childhood habit of hex-editing game executables to remove license checks. Replies to the post described comparable Codex uses for game-related tasks and reposted the original account.
#17Thomas Wolf@THOM_WOLFmy 13 yo the other day:
“we didn’t want to pay for the game with my friend so we just rebuilt it with Codex”
me at 13 in the 90’s:
HEX-editing the executable to NOP the license check because I didn't want to put all my pocket money in this game
times they are a-changin’
#488kache@YACINEMTB@Thom_Wolf Me: using codex to crack the game
Thomas Wolf@Thom_Wolfmy 13 yo the other day: “we didn’t want to pay for the game with my friend so we just rebuilt it with Codex” me at 13 in the 90’s: HEX-editing the executable to NOP the license check because I didn't want to put all my pocket money in this game times they are a-changin’