It's been an interesting year

The number of CVEs has skyrocketed beyond human imagination.

The majority of proprietary software is being reverse engineered and regurgitated into open source equivalents.

They even managed to port a fully functional, native version of bloodborne to pc before From Software ever announced it.

I don't know how to feel about how things are progressing. In some ways I'm frightened at the speed at which things progress. In another manner, I feel like the only thing that really changes is how humans are innovating ways to make use of the current technology. What I mean by that is, generative A.I. is not really improving a whole lot. Sure, the statistics may oppose my previous statement, but in reality, it really has not. Common programmer "A" is still gonna be using the latest model from "X" company, and they're only gonna notice a marginal improvement in their current workflow from model to model.

Generative A.I. is a means to an end. I've always described it as an output multiplier. That means that, If someone knows what they're doing without it, they're going to produce really good stuff really fast. On the other hand, if someone doesn't know how to build something without it, they're going to produce unmanageable slop really fast. While slop can still be functional, you can't count on it, and god forbid it's slop that deals with actual user information and not just a harmless experiment.

Circling back to my previous point. Humans are innovating new ways to make use of current technology. This is quite true, I've witnessed many ways that people have used common models that would've seemed like a fun imagined reality a couple years ago. One of the most impressive things now is, how thoroughly easy it is for someone to learn how to de-compile any piece of software with the use of a very accessible model. I'm looking forward to seeing how big companies react to the current state of things. Adobe and Sony have been hit quite hard, but I'm not even that worried about them. The real focus should be on the cyber security aspects of unveiling intricate details about a lot of products and services online.

It truly has been an interesting year so far.