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I love AI, although I have only used Meta AI and the one that responds to my Google searches sometimes. But it is really-really useful. For example, I know absolutely nothing about the Linux kernel or how to program in x64 assembly. Okay, so, I asked Google search:

"Write assembly code that creates a file and writes some bytes into it and results in a linux elf64 executable."

Then it gave me a working assembly program that I could play with. I modified it quite a bit to my desire. And it works. Now, I was quite surprised that at the low level, the 32-bit Linux kernel is vastly different from the 64-bit kernel. I did not expect that. But then I asked a similar question from Google again:

"Write assembly code that creates a file and writes some bytes into it and results in a linux elf32 executable."

This time I noted the key differences, and now I understand that the two are two different beasts. But I have done the same with Lua programming, Python. I know absolutely ZERO about Lua and Python, yet with the help of Google and Meta AI, I was able to put together a small working program that did exactly what I wanted. From ZERO knowledge. Okay, I do have some background in programming but not with Python or Lua. I have never picked up a book about Python. All I knew was that it does like to use spaces for indentation. And that's it. With the help of AI, I can program just about anything. Next, I want to try Lisp language to see if I can write a program in that language. And then I want to try postscript. Again, I have absolutely ZERO knowledge of both of those.

See what I have accomplished so far with AI: Creating a binary file in different languages
!!! ;-) :-D !!!

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Re^2: The Cargo Cult Generation Has Arrived Now What?
by LanX (Saint) on Jan 24, 2026 at 14:21 UTC
    The page you linked to° has this line at the top

    by harangzsolt33    +/- TopNav
on Jan 16, 2026 at 07:22 CET ( [id://11167164]=CUFP: print w/replies, 
+xml )

    [download]

    Just copying the [id://11167164] part will generate a useful link:

    If you are too lazy for this consider using my add-on

    Wikisyntax for the Monastery

    It automatically translates raw links to clever ones.

    See also Markup in the Monastery

    Cheers Rolf
    (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
    see Wikisyntax for the Monastery

    °) context: the original post contained a blank URL https://perlmonks.com/?node_id=11167164 which was not only undescriptive but also logged many users out.

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      Wow. It works. Okay, thank you!
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