Table of Contents
Preface xi
Foreword xix
Part I Policy and Regulatory Impacts 1
Chapter 1 Quantum Inflection Points 3Jim Gable
Chapter 2 Quantum Delegation 11Mandy Sweeney and Chris Gauthier
Chapter 3 The Problem of Machine Actorhood 23Patrick Thaddeus Jackson
Chapter 4 Data Privacy, Security, and Ethical Governance Under Quantum AI 37Sarah Pearce
Chapter 5 The Challenge of Quantum Noise 45Philip Johnson
Chapter 6 A New Kind of Knowledge Discovery 53Ramin 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 63Alexander W. Butler
Chapter 8 Quantum-AI Space Communications 83Mason Peck
Chapter 9 Quantum Planet Hacking 93Philip L. Frana
Chapter 10 Ethics and Quantum AI for Future Public Transit Systems 111Benjamin Crawford
Chapter 11 The Road to a Better Future 119Denise Ruffner and André M. König
Part III Social Impacts 127
Chapter 12 The Best Numbers Are in Sight. But Understanding? 129Roald Hoffmann and Jean-Paul Malrieu
Chapter 13 The Advancement of Intelligence or the End of It? 143Kate Jeffery
Chapter 14 Quantum of Wisdom 157Colin Allen and Brett Karlan
Chapter 15 Human Imagination and HAL 167Erik Viirre
Chapter 16 A Critical Crossroad 175Joseph N. Pelton
Chapter 17 Empathetic AI and Personalization Algorithms 183Philippe Beaudoin and Alexander W. Butler
Chapter 18 Should We Let the Machine Decide What Is Meaningful? 193J. M. Taylor
Chapter 19 The Ascent of Quantum Intelligence in Steiner’s Age of the Consciousness Soul 205Stephen R. Waite
Chapter 20 Quantum Computing’s Beautiful Accidents 213Christopher Savoie
Appendix A What Is Quantum Computing? 221Philip L. Frana
Appendix B What Is Artificial Intelligence? 239Philip L. Frana
Glossary 247
References 251
Index 259
About the Editor 271