Discussion

• @vitalikbuterin @vitalikbuterin on x

  Many people have claimed that with AI-assisted bug finding, secure code (and hence trustless anything) will be impossible. I have a much more optimistic take, and AI-assisted formal verification is a major part of the reason why: https://vitalik.eth.limo/...

• @haenko21 @haenko21 on x

  the clearest framework I've read on what happens after AI floods the world with sloppy code. vitalik's argument: the only stable architecture is “insecure edges in sandboxes” around a “secure core” that administers everything. if the edge breaks, the core protects you. he names

• @vezko_zkp @vezko_zkp on x

  normal software is finally running the AI checker vs AI attacker loop. zk circuits have been doing this for years. every proof is formal verification by design. vitalik's optimism here is just rest of software catching up to what crypto already shipped. #zkPass

• @wyatt_benno Wyatt Benno on x

  Great piece. The thesis is right, formal verification is finally practical thanks to AI! One gap: Lean requires proof experts, relies on interactive proving, and produces non-succinct proofs. SMT-based verification (Dafny, ICME PreFlight, etc) automates the proof step entirely.

• @toly @toly on x

  Formally verify your code!

• @mertunsal2020 Mert Ünsal on x

  It would be an interesting world if software becomes so cheap that we rewrite everything in Lean and verify! We are building the models that enable such a future.

• @abanand9 @abanand9 on x

  At Category Labs, we've been using AI-assisted formal verification to prove correctness of real C++ code in the Monad execution client. In our experience, frontier models often missed bugs in ordinary review, but found them when asked to do Rocq proofs. Blog post coming soon.

• @hosseeb Haseeb on x

  We're currently in the herd immunity phase of AI-assisted cyber. The wave of hacks and exploits is brutal. But we have to go through it, and it will ultimately make all of our software more robust. In 10 years, we will look at AI-assisted formally verified software the same way […

• @sagivmooly Mooly Sagiv on x

  This is something the industry hasn't seen yet. Certora is the pioneer in formal verification. FV + AI is our bread and butter and we've got something new coming soon.