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Simon Willison·· 7 d ago

Quoting Matthew Green

Quoting Matthew Green

AI summary

Cryptographer Matthew Green says there is a 1% chance we live in Minicrypt, a world where public-key encryption is impossible, and a 15% chance we functionally lose confidence in our existing public-key encryption algorithms. He notes that the speed of AI producing surprises and the speed of human beings replacing standards are orders of magnitude different, and that you only recover from such a surprise if you do the preparation in advance.

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Not admittedSum of both 60 < twice the threshold 152

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Media and individuals; this tier's threshold is 76
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passed:讨论AI产生意外速度对加密标准影响

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Source: Simon Willison · simonwillison.net