Can AI really recover wallet keys?

Came across this post today and just can't wrap my head around how Claude AI could actually recover wallet keys. I think we should get into this and see what developers think. It's been mentioned elsewhere but didn't get the tech talk I wanted. If it’s legit, this could really shake up security with AI tools.

Check this out... the latest post on this topic says the guy got his mnemonic seed back just by using Claude for his wallet password. If that’s true, AI won’t really pose any security risks since he gave Claude access to a ton of personal info first.

Not so sure. I doubt AI just guessed the password based on personality as the OP suggested. More likely, it narrowed down the possibilities. Normal brute force can take ages, but if it has personal info like favorite words or dates, it could start guessing the most probable combos instead of shooting in the dark.

It wasn’t some magic trick, that’s for sure. He mentioned on X that he had the answer written down but just couldn’t remember it. What Claude did was access all his encrypted backup files and found an old backup with the same password as what was in the notebook.

From what I gather, Claude's recovery was backed by Btcrecover. It’s likely the password was brute-forced using that tool. Without Btcrecover, Claude probably wouldn’t have been able to help him at all. A lot of folks have relied on Btcrecover to crack wallet passwords before.

But if he found the seed phrase, why’d he need Claude to brute-force the password? Sounds like the password in question could be a 13th word, but he mentioned he changed it, and that’s not how those work.

I think he didn’t recover the actual seed phrase for his wallet. He found an old seed phrase which was a previous decryption password. He changed it and forgot. When he fed Claude the old wallet file, that old seed phrase unlocked it, and voila! Access regained.

Those old blockchain backups had encrypted wallet files like wallet.aes.json. Back in 2014, that’s how it was. Seems like he only had the encrypted file before all this AI magic happened. This guy kinda reminds me of someone else who dug up an old BTC wallet with just a JSON file.

True, recovery often hinges on password strength. Some people are clever with their passwords while others use stuff like pet names or birthdays. AI usually compiles info but recovering a seed means you need partial words. AI can't do that; they just guide you on how to go about it.