Breaking Encryption: August 2028
July 7, 2028
Quantum cryptography team broke RSA-2048 in under an hour today.
RSA-4096 is next.
When this gets out, every encryption standard is obsolete.
They're giving it 2-3 years before announcement.
Internet security: on borrowed time.
August 19, 2028
Nanotech achieved self-replication today. Controlled. Limited.
With very strict shutoff mechanisms.
Grey goo scenario: Theoretical → Possible → "We need better protocols."
I suggested we stop.
I was outvoted.
September 30, 2028
AI alignment meeting: 4 hours debating how to specify "human values" in machine-readable format.
Consensus: It's really hard.
Also: We're building AGI anyway.
I don't feel great about this.
We broke encryption. Enabled self-replicating nanotech. Couldn't define human values.
But we kept building.
— Recovered from personal archive, 2030
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- Quantum Cloud Breach (2053)
- Molecular Assembler Grey Goo (2056)
- AGI Alignment Failure (2057)