Quoting Matthew Green
Simon Willison · Simon Willison · 2026-07-29
Cryptographer Matthew Green, quoted by Simon Willison, argues that AI-powered cryptanalysis tools arriving during the active post-quantum cryptography standardization effort could strengthen long-term confidence in new PQC algorithms.
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Topics: post-quantum-cryptographyai-cryptanalysiscryptography-standards
Claims
- The cryptography community is currently in a historic transition from EC/RSA-based algorithms to post-quantum algorithms based on novel hard problems.
- AI gaining strong cryptanalysis capabilities during the PQC standardization period could be net positive by helping validate the security of emerging standards.
- The best-case outcome of AI cryptanalysis would be increased confidence in hard mathematical problems and a more robust cryptanalysis literature.
Key quotes
If there was ever a perfect time for a massive new public cryptanalysis capability to come on line, we're in it.
In the best case, the result is that we gain real confidence in the problems we've identified, and the cryptanalysis literature gets a lot more robust. Hopefully.