Cryptographer Matthew Green questions the point of AI-invented crypto research
matthew_d_green · x · 2026-09-21
- Cryptography researcher Chelsea Komlo reported that AI can now absorb known techniques from the literature and extend cryptographic constructions to improve security properties — she just did so herself, with results incoming. She's excited about the democratization of research, a little sad about how research will change, but sees faster progress as a net win.
- Cryptographer Matthew Green quote-posted with reservations: the field deliberately builds things that might just maybe be useful because inventing is a joy — "but watching machines invent things isn't." The exchange captures the tension between efficiency and meaning as AI enters theoretical research.
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