Wei Dai: Agents Will Negotiate With Cryptographic Protocols — the Case for 'Generative Cryptography'
matthew_d_green · x · 2026-09-03
Wei Dai highlights a research agenda for 'generative cryptography': AI agents engaging in cryptographic interactions, autoresearch improving protocols, and solving open problems — illustrated via multi-party computation letting two parties compare net worth without revealing it.
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