Board:   [DoveNet] DoveNet General Chat
Subject: Re: ai shit from bbs peop
From:    Boraxman
Date:    Thu Oct 22, 2026 08:44

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 DM>   Re: Re: ai shit from bbs peop
 DM>   By: Boraxman to Digital Man on
 DM> Wed Oct 21 2026 09:03 am

 > -=> Digital Man wrote to Boraxman <=-
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 >  DM>   Re: Re: ai shit from bbs peop
 >  DM>   By: Boraxman to Digital Man on
 >  DM> Mon Oct 19 2026 08:49 am
 >
 >  >  DM> AI doesn't magically take away the constraints (e.g. limited
 >  >  DM> addressable memory) of legacy systems or the lack of infrastructure
 >  >  DM> (e.g. TCP/IP stack), so while it could be used for such a thing
 >  >  DM> (port a Windows CLI program to MS/PC-DOS), it can't work miracles.
 >  >  DM> Given that task, the first thing the AI agent would likely do is
 >  >  DM> choose a "DOS extender" to run the ported program under to get
 >  >  DM> access to more memory. And that's not really writing a program for
 >  >  DM> MS-DOS anymore. --
 >
 >  > Isn't there a TCP/IP stack for MS-DOS.
 >
 >  DM> MS/PC-DOS did not come with a TCP/IP stack and Microsoft never sold one
 >  DM> for it as an add-on either. So, "writing a (TCP/IP) program for MS-DOS"
 >  DM> means writing/including/depending-on a 3rd party network stack. --
 >
 > There are DOS programs that can speak TCP.

 DM> So the original proposal was (AI) porting Win32 console tools to
 DM> MS/PC-DOS. Whether there were ever any DOS programs that embedded their
 DM> own TCP/IP/Network-driver stack into themselves is kind of a side point
 DM> I think. --

Maybe.  I was just saying that as AI becomes a hyper-competent programmer, it
will change our perception of what hardware is obsolete.

Obviously hardware that is locked down will be an issue, but anything that
could be brought to life, or extended through AI will.


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