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PS5 Linux lead quits: "a bunch of noobs using LLMs" that "they don't understand"

344 points · 227 comments · alexjplant

  1. aleksejs · · focus · HN ↗
    Fascinating times we live in, when "the last hypervisor bug" in what is presumably one of the most hardened pieces of consumer hardware can be found by "noobs" and "slop kiddies".
    1. NietTim · · focus · HN ↗
      Makes you wonder if it really was "noobs" and "slop kiddies" that found it.
      1. Catloafdev · · focus · HN ↗
        No, it doesn't. Nobody would go do this just to report it to Sony for a few pennies. That is a non-existent motivation for people in the know, who understand the opportunity cost.
        1. ChrisRR · · focus · HN ↗
          Unless they didn't want to actually make money from anything nefarious, and the bounty was more than just "a few pennies"
    2. oridb · · focus · HN ↗
      Well, sure, the same way that I can "cook" a three michelin star meal by going out to eat at the French Laundry.

      It's just boring. And the people that crow about "their" accomplishments are tiresome.

      1. zorkonator · · focus · HN ↗
        Hypervisor bugs are boring? Maybe to you.
        1. oridb · · focus · HN ↗
          Hiring someone else to find them is boring as hell. If you only care about being spoonfed results, I don't think there's much to talk about.
    3. gosub100 · · focus · HN ↗
      I say it's only because LLMs came out after the PS5 was developed. Presumably, future generations of hw (if there are any) will use the same methods to harden the attack surface. Good ole cat and mouse.
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