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The AI Fix #41: Can AIs be psychopaths, and why we should be AI optimists

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In episode 41 of the AI Fix, our hosts learn that society needs to be completely reordered by December, Grok accuses Trump of being a Russian asset, Graham discovers that parents were wrong about computer games all along, and Mark wonders if a kung-fu … Continue reading The AI Fix #41: Can AIs be psychopaths, and why we should be AI optimists→

Hackaday Links: February 2, 2025

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All things considered, it was a very bad week for aviation here in the United States. Three separate crashes, two of which involved US military aircraft, have left over 70 …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: February 2, 2025→

Super Mario Original Sound Tracks Get High Quality Remaster Thanks To Gigaleak

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2020 saw many gigabytes of internal Nintendo data leaked on the broader internet. Known as the “Gigaleak”, it contained source codes and assets from many games. Using data from this leak, a group of enthusiasts has put together high-quality renditions …read more

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Find Your Level – Extracting NES Game Data Using Python

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Just this summer, the Nintendo Entertainment System had its 35th release anniversary, and even after years of discontinuation, it is still going strong in the hacker community. Exhibit A: [Matthew Earl]. For one of his upcoming projects, [Matthew] needed to get his hands on the background images of the NES classic Super Mario Bros. Instead of just getting some ready-rendered images and stitching them together, he decided to take care of the rendering himself, once he extracts the raw game data.

Since there is no official source code available for Super Mario Bros, [Matthew] used a disassembled version to get …read more

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