DeepSeek V4.1 Flash cracks a star-chart cipher: 40 stars' heights encode a hidden 22-symbol message
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-10-22
In a test of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash High, the model decoded a hidden message from a star image: it detected exactly 40 stars, found their y-coordinates quantized to a precise 5-pixel lattice (max deviation 0.02px), and used the vertical level as base-5 data over a 22-symbol alphabet to recover 'THE MONSTER ACTS ON THE MOONSHINE MODULE'. It cross-validated with an independent detection method and proved the key by showing unused rows exactly match the absent letters. The model admitted it had earlier dismissed the grid as a rendering artifact — 'a bit naive,' the poster quipped.
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