> The Future of AI Cryptanalysis
[AUTHOR: Bruce Schneier]
[DATE: 14/10/2026 14:24]
[LANGUAGE: EN]
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.