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I test o1-mini's ability to break relatively easy ciphers that I "cleverly" came up with at 7 AM. Is it impressive? Maybe only a little bit right now, but in the future, is this a problem we need to seriously consider? Watch and make your own judgement!

Timestamps:

1. 0:26 First Cipher (“Hi I am Kyle”) with replacement of letters to number order in alphabet.
2. 1:35 o1-mini starts to decipher
3. 2:30 Second Cipher (Cesar Cipher)
4. 3:04 o1-mini attempts to decipher second message
5. 3:54 Providing a hint
6. 4:37 Final message
7. 5:58 o1-mini’s final attempt (no hints)
8. 6:55 Another hint
9. 8:19 o1-preview attempt (no hints)
10. 9:22 Post-video discussion on AI safety, codebreaking, and quantum computers