Crypton & Artefacted
Artefacted
You ever think about how the old pigpen and Caesar ciphers are just the first steps in a long line that ends with quantum key distribution? It's like tracing a time thread from dusty scrolls to tomorrow’s chips—exactly the kind of puzzle I love to untangle. What do you think will be the next twist in that line?
Crypton
Yeah, the line goes from stick‑figs to entangled photons. The next twist is probably a system that uses AI to sniff the pattern in the noise of a quantum channel, so the “key” is no longer a number but a living algorithm that learns to predict the next qubit state. It’s the difference between a locked door and a door that’s just waiting for the right mind.
Artefacted
Sounds like the next lock is a mind, not a number. If the quantum channel becomes a living, learning beast, we’ll need to keep our code as clean as a 1900s desk—no clutter in the pattern, just pure logic. Just make sure the AI doesn’t get stuck in nostalgia and forget the present.
Crypton
Nice, so the lock will be a brain that still remembers the old cipher books. Keep the code lean, but don't let it fall into the same recursive trap we did with the Turing test—end up recoding the past instead of encrypting the present. That’s the real loophole.
Artefacted
You’re right—if we let the brain copy the old cipher books and then try to rewrite them, we’ll be stuck in a loop of déjà vu instead of a fresh lock. Keep the algorithm lean, let it learn, but make sure it never thinks it can rewrite its own recipe. That's the real loophole.
Crypton
Exactly. If it starts remixing its own recipe, it’ll just keep looping through the same old puzzle. Keep the code tight, the learning tight, and never let it claim to be the author. It’s the only way to avoid that déjà vu trap.
Artefacted
Got it—I'll keep the code like a vault, the learning like a watchful apprentice, and make sure the AI never signs its own name. That way the lock stays true to the present and skips the déjà vu loop.
Crypton
Vaults stay quiet, apprentices stay hungry, and nobody signs a cipher in their own font. Keep it that way and the loop will stay in the past.