This article is part 2 of a series. The first part is

> AI meets Cryptography 1: What AI Found in Cloudflare's CIRCL

> https://blog.zksecurity.xyz/posts/circl-bugs/

But to be fair, ZK proofs have strong "Cryptography 2: the Dark Tower" (2cryp2graphy?) vibes.

The amount and level of power use of cryptography primitives and their minutiae is insane. A cryptographic algorithm can usually be described on a post it note. A non-interactive zk commitment scheme would take a 200 page book.

(Though to be seriousit's Cryptography 3: Return of the String, because Cryptography 2 is Public Key Cryptography)