As Much as Faith: A Speculation on Quantum Computing with Fiduciary Law in Public Governance
Quantum computing is arguably the most sublime of ‘emerging’ technologies. By harnessing the laws of quantum mechanics, quantum computing can solve problems too complex for classical computers and do so with much greater speed and efficiency. Yet, despite the opportunities, quantum computing heralds...
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2025
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| الملخص: | Quantum computing is arguably the most sublime of ‘emerging’ technologies. By harnessing the laws of quantum mechanics, quantum computing can solve problems too complex for classical computers and do so with much greater speed and efficiency. Yet, despite the opportunities, quantum computing heralds another stage of human technological innovation that threatens to evade human know-how, understanding and, therefore, control. Quantum computing in the service, management, and governance of societal needs and desires must, therefore, embrace “known unknowns” and engender leaps of faith—quantum fide (as much as faith). At stake are corresponding needs and desires to identify and safeguard core public values and legal norms when designing and implementing quantum computing as part of a broader socio-technical infrastructure. In speculating how best to define and address the challenges and opportunities quantum computing offers public governance, this chapter considers fiduciary law as a body of theory and practice broadly directed towards acting on behalf of others and helping relieve the burden of know-how of increasingly complex technologies. Fiduciary law could provide an answer to how quantum computing in public governance might proceed from a promissory idea to development and deployment in a legally, ethically, and socially acceptable way. |
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