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Show HN: 7-Zip Quine

A developer using the handle unmayx created a 7-Zip quine with AI assistance, posting the code on GitHub at https://github.com/Mabbs/mabbs.github.io/blob/master/_tools/blogquine.py and sharing it on Hacker News. The quine is a self-reproducing program that outputs its own source code when run, demonstrating a novel use of AI in generating self-replicating code.

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| | | 2 points by unmayx18 minutes ago |hide |past |favorite |1 comment | | | | I made 7-Zip Quine by AI, this is the code: https://github.com/Mabbs/mabbs.github.io/blob/master/_tools/... Example: |

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