RE: How far are we away from ASI (artificial super intelligence)?
It is incredible to think that we can be at the door of a new threshold for humanity, the moment in which we manage to create a "conscious existence" that is not limited to biological life ...
From this idea, books, films and more have been made, most of those I remember having AI as an antagonist of humanity, but I would like to think that if we have managed to survive so far among us, then, somehow it can that we also manage to live with our creation. I hope that ASI is better than us as a species, that it has more patience and does not tend to hold a grudge for a certain number of people that are sure to cause problems.
As for the cryptography issue, I believe that with this evolution we will also have an advance in that field, both in terms of security to encrypt and in the possibilities of developing tools to decrypt. He hoped that, like other technologies, governments and power groups behind them, will try to use them to stay ahead and there will also be dissenting groups that will try to alter the Status Quo and create a new social order.