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GPT-6 Astra Solves a WWI German Radio Cipher

400 points · 180 comments · nsoonhui

  1. aaymeloglu · · focus · HN ↗
    Agents just eat these things. After last week's HN post about Cyphral Distich, I pointed Astra and Fable at some unsolved ciphers just to see whether some joker who knew nothing about the field could get the same results, and sure enough there's plenty of low hanging fruit.

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;aaymeloglu.github.io&#x2F;unsolved-ciphers&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;aaymeloglu.github.io&#x2F;unsolved-ciphers&#x2F;

    But I got nothing on Daniel Bordeau, who in the past week seems to have built himself a whole code breaking factory!

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dbourdeau.github.io&#x2F;cyphersolver&#x2F;index.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dbourdeau.github.io&#x2F;cyphersolver&#x2F;index.html

    1. greenavocado · · focus · HN ↗
      We are so jaded by constant breakthroughs that 100 year old unsolved ciphers are referred to as &quot;low hanging fruit&quot;
      1. Forgeties79 · · focus · HN ↗
        Something being old and unsolved does not make it impressive when it’s solved. The question is “has there been any concerted effort to solve it and if so how much time&#x2F;effort has gone in?”

        I’m sure I can make some brand new “discovery” that is completely useless, which is why it wasn’t “discovered” in the first place.

        1. simonklee · · focus · HN ↗
          It’s simply a lot of grunt work to do these which is why many are unsolved.
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