# Cryptography Export Controls **Entity class:** Policy history **Domain:** Cryptography / Technology policy **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition Cryptography export controls treated strong cryptographic software and technical knowledge as strategically controlled material. ## Mechanism and significance The historical episode is relevant to AI because attempts to restrict broadly reproducible mathematics or code can burden research and speech while failing to prevent diffusion. ## Relationships - **Research dossier:** [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] - **Ontology route:** [[ASI and RSI Timeline Ontology#AI Control, Law, and Alignment|AI Control, Law, and Alignment]] - **Primary fields:** [[AI Control]] · [[AI Safety]] · [[AI Infrastructure Consent]] - **Adjacent concepts:** [[AI Surveillance State]] · [[Corporate-Liability Chilling Effect]] · [[Number Theory as Controlled Information]] · [[Anthropic Constitution]] ## Sources and provenance - [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] — immediate source for this node's role in the broadcast research map. ## Evidence boundary The research dossier establishes why this entity or concept belongs in the Moonshots ontology. Time-sensitive organizational, product, policy, and performance claims should be checked against the linked primary source or a current authoritative source before reuse as settled fact.