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   Claudius Link (realn2s@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 09-May-2025 01:14:54 JST Claudius Link

   Just read an article from an #ai influencer musing on the Innovative power of AI.
   (Edit 2: while linked articles a current / May 2025 they refer to an event in 2017 🤪 )

   Tasked with breaking the Enigma code, an AI system trained to recognise German using Grimm’s fairytales, utilizing 2,000 virtual servers, cracked a coded message in 13 minutes.

   Let's pause for a second to let it sink.

   And let's think for a second

   Alan Turing “Bombes” could decipher two messages every minute.

   😱 Suddenly the AI result isn't all that impressive any more.
   AI cuts out all the research, knowledge gain, and insight. With all the resources available today, it still performs worse than a solution from 70 years ago (to be precise 26 times).
   And this is seen as an impressive innovation 🤡🤯

   "Sources":
   Influencer post https://mastodon.social/@Caramba1/114470245795906227
   Guardian article
   https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/07/todays-ai-can-crack-second-world-war-enigma-code-in-short-order-experts-say

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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 09-May-2025 01:14:54 JST feld

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     @realn2s
     
     > Alan Turing “Bombes” could decipher two messages every minute.
     
     And how long did it take them to crack the code and build working machines? Vs the AI model that figured it out on the first try, but it just takes longer per message right now?
     
     Doesn't feel like a fair comparison