The Future of AI Cryptanalysis

The Future of AI Cryptanalysis

Matthew Green has been writing a rather pessimistic series of posts about the potential for AI systems to vastly outperform humans in cryptanalysis of both symmetric and public-key ciphers.

I am more optimistic than he is. That is, I have stronger faith in the over-engineering cryptographers tend to do. I am trying to write this up in more detail.

Tags: AI, cryptanalysis, cryptography

Posted on October 14, 2026 at 10:24 AM • 5 Comments