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by PUSH_AX 932 days ago
Has anyone tried to see if it could crack enigma encoded messages?
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I tried, but didn't succeed. It also said it couldn't do it without additional information when I said it was an Enigma encoded system and suggested I use an online Enigma decrypter.
Encryption works by mathematically not being predictable, whereas LLMs operate on predictable data.
The enigma was a substitution cypher, not encryption.
Using a cipher is the definition of encryption:

In cryptography, ciphertext or cyphertext is the result of encryption performed on plaintext using an algorithm, called a cipher.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciphertext