MD5 is not secure; it is possible to create a piece of text to match a specific MD5 hash within a reasonable amount of time. Unfortunately, I was not able to find an alternative. It probably doesn’t matter for this purpose anyways.
I’d like to offer a bet at 1:10^12 odds that no one can produce two coherent English sentences about potential problems with AI-boxes short enough to fit in an LW comment box which have the same MD5 hash within 2 days. Unfortunately I don’t actually have the cash to pay out if I lose.
Even if one could, it would require far more work than creating a string that is the MD5 has of one such sentence. I just think that it is good for people to be more informed about applied cryptography in general.
MD5 is not secure; it is possible to create a piece of text to match a specific MD5 hash within a reasonable amount of time. Unfortunately, I was not able to find an alternative. It probably doesn’t matter for this purpose anyways.
I’d like to offer a bet at 1:10^12 odds that no one can produce two coherent English sentences about potential problems with AI-boxes short enough to fit in an LW comment box which have the same MD5 hash within 2 days. Unfortunately I don’t actually have the cash to pay out if I lose.
Even if one could, it would require far more work than creating a string that is the MD5 has of one such sentence. I just think that it is good for people to be more informed about applied cryptography in general.
Well, sha512 hashes are common and seem secure. But given this context, md5 seems reasonable.
Meh, md5′s what’s on my path. If my answer contains a kilobyte of line noise then you might have cause to suspect I cheated.