Crypto signing likely survives AGI+: breaking crypto needs compute, not smarts
sjgadler · x · 2026-08-26
Pushing back on fears that an AGI+ nation-state could spoof any digital artifact, the author argues cryptographic signing likely holds up as long as private keys stay secure—because breaking modern cryptography requires unfathomably large amounts of computation, not just being smarter.
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