[Cryptography] Has quantum cryptanalysis actually achieved anything?

[Ron Garret]

> On Feb 23, 2025, at 5:23 PM, rcs at xmission.com wrote:
> 
> You could add a third track -- Minsky's failed prediction that
> "within ten years, a machine will be the World Chess Champion."

I wouldn't consider that a failed prediction.  He was only off by about 40 years.  Compare that to, say, flying cars and it looks pretty good, especially when you consider that a world-champion chess machine today costs a few hundred dollars and fits in your pocket (and is also a communicator and a tricorder).

rg