Scott Aaronson on AI breaking cryptography and disclosing vulnerabilities to the whole world
wfithian · x · 2026-11-01
Quoting Scott Aaronson from four days ago: he discussed the possibility that AI models will soon break widely used cryptographic systems, and what responsible disclosure looks like when the parties who need to be notified are effectively the entire world. Reposter Garrison Lovely adds "this never needed to happen."
Related event: Aaronson on AI Breaking Cryptography and the Global Disclosure Dilemma(3 posts)→
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