Matthew Green: Public-key cryptography may face a crisis of confidence under the impact of AI
Quoting Matthew Green
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Cryptographer Matthew Green says there is a 1% chance we live in a Minicrypt world where public-key cryptography is impossible, and a 15% chance we will substantially lose confidence in existing public-key cryptographic algorithms. He points out that the speed at which AI creates surprises and the speed at which humans update standards differ by several orders of magnitude, and only by preparing in advance can we recover from such shocks.
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