OpenAI GPT–6 Astra breaks Enigma message that has resisted solution since 2005
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OpenAI GPT–6 Astra breaks Enigma message that has resisted solution since 2005
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saberience · · focus · HN ↗
This for me, isn't interesting, it required no skill, no imagination, in fact it seemed like it happened by dumb luck.
So we have entered an age where an army of know-nothings direct models to old forgotten tasks so they can get 15 minutes of un-deserved attention?
embedding-shape · · focus · HN ↗
So like half of all useful human inventions are to you not interesting just because it happened by dumb luck?
mossTechnician · · focus · HN ↗
A machine running a loop through an expensive LLM for an undisclosed amount of time, which cost an undisclosed amount of money, which was told to keep looping into a solution was found, for a problem that nobody was very concerned about... That just seems like PR, and it's not so interesting.
IAmBroom · · focus · HN ↗