Pretty sick, but its not earth shaking as another commenter said.
Like how torrenting was going to end the music, gaming, and software industry?
Well torrenting is still 100% a thing. And these industries are bigger than ever before.
Your layman has a choice. Go on github and learn how to use this tool. Or pay $60 of imaginary money to get the game he wants right now on steam.
He will continue to pay the $60.
Even a non layman will often choose to pay the $60. If i buy the game it will be hosted on my game host of choice, it will track my hours and achievements, and its the game host that all my friends have so they can see my achievments as well.
And thats worth $60.
I love this because it forces media creators to really dig into what makes their content special. They had to build better hosts to convince people to stay, they had to introduce new features that could only come from the host.
Also, there are wonderful game companies who i love and would never torrent or reverse engineer their games because I want to support them because I like how they treat their communities and their business practices.
But if ubisoft releases a game i want...
Y'all, ultimately this AI reverse engineer shit only puts more power in the hands of the common consumer. Stop watching the news its just there to scare you. This won't disrupt anything.