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1. johndhi · 1790086235 · focus · HN ↗

   I'd be curious to see whether these models can create new forms of unbreakable encryption themselves!

   1. LPisGood · 1790086423 · focus · HN ↗

      Private key cryptography is essentially unbroken by these models.

      1. dgellow · 1790086720 · focus · HN ↗

         But they said new forms, I think that implied not the ones humans already discovered/designed

         1. LPisGood · 1790087079 · focus · HN ↗

            I see what you’re saying. It is generally harder to build a crypto system than to break one so I would find it hard to see potential from the design end before progress on the attack end.

            1. ijustlovemath · 1790087546 · focus · HN ↗

               Building a crypto system has so many footguns, I'd be amazed if it could build one that stands up to attack

               1. dgellow · 1790091813 · focus · HN ↗

                  I think it’s all about the harness. If someone can find a way to create an iterative loop, with a good validator, I wouldn’t be too surprised if an LLM can end up with a solution. So far that’s how pretty much all problems have been solved by LLMs. That’s a very big if though!

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