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by osti 48 days ago
I heard they are already proficient at assembly languages.
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aforwardslash 48 days ago
They are - probably more proficient than with some high-level languages. I've used it for embedded stuff, including TI sitara PRU assembly, with great results. Frontier models can also easily "learn" directly from the manuals; asm is quite easy for them to pick up due to its "flat" (non-structured) nature.
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quinnjh 46 days ago
Well there goes my hunch!

Thanks for the input

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qsera 48 days ago
>Frontier models can also easily "learn" directly from the manuals;

Really? So you just include the manual in the context? Or how does that work?

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aforwardslash 47 days ago
Yes, something like "analyze throroughly the @datasheet.pdf and create a plan to implement x"
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ForOldHack 47 days ago
They are proficient at IBM 370 ASM, but need a lot of help, and a professional level disassembler for x64/x86, and in the converse, if you watch HackerNews, AI is poor/expensive for creating compilers, but it has extensive reference materials for MC68K, Itanium, SPARC, and ARM. This is where Gemini and Co-pilot become good co-pilots.
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