Convergence: Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing: Social, Economic, and Policy Impacts

323 Pages·2023·5.266 MB·English

by  Greg Viggiano

Convergence

Convergence
Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing
Edited by
Greg Viggiano, PhD
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Contents
Preface xi
Foreword xix
Part I Policy and Regulatory Impacts 1
Chapter 1 Quantum Inflection Points 3
Jim Gable
Chapter 2 Quantum Delegation 11
Mandy Sweeney and Chris Gauthier
Chapter 3 The Problem of Machine Actorhood 23
Patrick Thaddeus Jackson
Chapter 4 Data Privacy, Security, and Ethical
Governance Under Quantum AI 37
Sarah Pearce
Chapter 5 The Challenge of Quantum Noise 45
Philip Johnson
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Chapter 6 A New Kind of Knowledge Discovery 53
Ramin Ayanzadeh and Milton Halem
Part II Economic Impacts 61
Chapter 7 Quantum Tuesday: How the U.S. Economy
Will Fall, and How to Stop It 63
Alexander W. Butler
Chapter 8 Quantum-AI Space Communications 83
Mason Peck
Chapter 9 Quantum Planet Hacking 93
Philip L. Frana
Chapter 10 Ethics and Quantum AI for Future
Public Transit Systems 111
Benjamin Crawford
Chapter 11 The Road to a Better Future 119
Denise Ruffner and André M. König
Part III Social Impacts 127
Chapter 12 The Best Numbers Are in Sight. But
Understanding? 129
Roald Hoffmann and Jean-Paul Malrieu
Chapter 13 The Advancement of Intelligence
or the End of It? 143
Kate Jeffery