{"id":144931,"date":"2022-08-27T00:25:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T05:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/quantum-computing-is-an-even-bigger-threat-than-artificial-intelligence"},"modified":"2022-08-27T00:25:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T05:25:01","slug":"quantum-computing-is-an-even-bigger-threat-than-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/quantum-computing-is-an-even-bigger-threat-than-artificial-intelligence","title":{"rendered":"Quantum computing is an even bigger threat than artificial intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Given the potential scope and capabilities of quantum technology<\/a>, it is absolutely crucial not to repeat the mistakes made with AI\u2014where regulatory failure has given the world algorithmic bias that hypercharges human prejudices, social media that favors conspiracy theories, and attacks on the institutions of democracy fueled by AI-generated fake news and social media posts. The dangers lie in the machine\u2019s ability to make decisions autonomously, with flaws in the computer code resulting in unanticipated, often detrimental, outcomes. In 2021, the quantum community issued a call for action<\/a> to urgently address these concerns. In addition, critical public and private intellectual property on quantum-enabling technologies must be protected from theft and abuse<\/a> by the United States\u2019 adversaries.<\/p>\n

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There are national defense issues involved as well. In security technology circles, the holy grail is what\u2019s called a cryptanalytically relevant quantum computer <\/a>\u2014a system capable of breaking much of the public-key cryptography that digital systems around the world use, which would enable blockchain cracking, for example. That\u2019s a very dangerous capability to have in the hands of an adversarial regime.<\/p>\n

Experts warn that China<\/a> appears to have a lead in various areas of quantum technology, such as quantum networks and quantum processors. Two of the world\u2019s most powerful quantum computers were been built in China<\/a>, and as far back as 2017, scientists at the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei built the world\u2019s first quantum communication network<\/a> using advanced satellites. To be sure, these publicly disclosed projects are scientific machines to prove the concept, with relatively little bearing on the future viability of quantum computing. However, knowing that all governments are pursuing the technology simply to prevent an adversary from being first, these Chinese successes could well indicate an advantage over the United States and the rest of the West.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Given the potential scope and capabilities of quantum technology, it is absolutely crucial not to repeat the mistakes made with AI\u2014where regulatory failure has given the world algorithmic bias that hypercharges human prejudices, social media that favors conspiracy theories, and attacks on the institutions of democracy fueled by AI-generated fake news and social media posts. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3818,1625,41,1617,6,2028,1492],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blockchains","category-encryption","category-information-science","category-quantum-physics","category-robotics-ai","category-satellites","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}