A hard question to think about. Best model is perhaps the never ending competition between offensive and defensive arms. If a quantum computer turns out to be as powerful as it is believed it will be, what will keep it in check? People can turn against a corporation and undermine the company's ability to drive income, perhaps limiting…
A hard question to think about. Best model is perhaps the never ending competition between offensive and defensive arms. If a quantum computer turns out to be as powerful as it is believed it will be, what will keep it in check? People can turn against a corporation and undermine the company's ability to drive income, perhaps limiting the extent to which they apply their capability. The US government properly motivated has some ability in this area also. By comparison, there are examples of overreach in every government and I think there are more forces that will check the power of the US government as compared to the Chinese government. So, likely I prefer the first possessor of this capability to be Google, US gov't, Chinese gov't.
Looking further, once the ice is broken others will develop the capability; that is inevitable. The bigger challenges will come when rogues get access to the capability and hopefully the development of the first will spawn the development of security measures that can defend against such capabilities. But, I'm not sure this isn't largely wishful thinking as the recent pipeline event illustrated. That is, even when defenses exists they may not be uniformly adopted where needed.
Ultimately, big deal, but not an existential threat. That would come from unwillingness to adapt to our evolving technological environment.
AI is already in the prelim stages with both private and government working together. Quantum Superiority just means the tracking part of global humanity isn't there yet.
A hard question to think about. Best model is perhaps the never ending competition between offensive and defensive arms. If a quantum computer turns out to be as powerful as it is believed it will be, what will keep it in check? People can turn against a corporation and undermine the company's ability to drive income, perhaps limiting the extent to which they apply their capability. The US government properly motivated has some ability in this area also. By comparison, there are examples of overreach in every government and I think there are more forces that will check the power of the US government as compared to the Chinese government. So, likely I prefer the first possessor of this capability to be Google, US gov't, Chinese gov't.
Looking further, once the ice is broken others will develop the capability; that is inevitable. The bigger challenges will come when rogues get access to the capability and hopefully the development of the first will spawn the development of security measures that can defend against such capabilities. But, I'm not sure this isn't largely wishful thinking as the recent pipeline event illustrated. That is, even when defenses exists they may not be uniformly adopted where needed.
Ultimately, big deal, but not an existential threat. That would come from unwillingness to adapt to our evolving technological environment.
AI is already in the prelim stages with both private and government working together. Quantum Superiority just means the tracking part of global humanity isn't there yet.