AI-cracked famous cipher mocked as the "Drink Your Ovaltine" of ciphers
MatthewMcAteer0 · x · 2026-09-14
Replying to Ethan Mollick, a user likens the solution to a famous long-unsolved cipher to "BE SURE TO DRINK YOUR OVALTINE" — the anticlimactic message from A Christmas Story — mocking how mundane the answer turned out to be.
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