Cryptography professor Matthew Green redesigns course for AI: agents allowed, more exams
matthew_d_green · x · 2026-09-06
Cryptographer Matthew Green spent the summer redesigning his cryptography course to be "AI-compatible." Instead of banning AI, he lets students use coding agents, adds an in-person adversarial review lab, and shifts much more weight onto exams — while admitting he's still testing whether it works.
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