Cryptographer warns "we might lose public key cryptography" in the AI era
generativist · x · 2026-10-08
- Cryptographer Matthew Green said in a discussion that "we might lose public key cryptography."
- Researcher moyix quote-shared it alongside a reference to Vernor Vinge's 1992 sci-fi novel A Fire Upon the Deep, implying the gap between sci-fi superintelligence scenarios and real cryptographic risk is narrowing.
- The remark lands amid rapidly rising AI-assisted offensive capabilities.
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