• xthexder@l.sw0.com
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    17 hours ago

    How large a number are we talking? This might be impossible for a computer as well considering this being a hard problem is effectively the basis for most encryption.

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      Similar to how ReCAPTCHA was meant to train neural networks for image recognition the anti bot protocol is used to train an autist to find an efficient factorisation algorithm.