Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics | |
Quantum hocus-pocus | |
Karl Svozil1  | |
关键词: Quantum computation; Quantum information; | |
DOI : 10.3354/esep00171 | |
来源: Inter-Research Science Publisher | |
【 摘 要 】
ABSTRACT: The claims made in a manifesto resulting in the European quantum technologies flagship initiative in quantum technology and similar enterprises are taken as a starting point to critically review some potential quantum resources, such as coherent superposition and entanglement, and their dormant usefulness for parallelism and communication. Claims of absolute, irreducible (non-epistemic) randomness are argued to be metaphysical. Cryptanalytic man-in-the-middle attacks on quantum cryptography are well known to be feasible but hardly mentioned. If all of this is taken into account, a more sober perspective on quantum capacities emerges, but it may be ethically more justified than the ‘hype and magic’ that drives many current initiatives.
【 授权许可】
Unknown
【 预 览 】
Files | Size | Format | View |
---|---|---|---|
RO201912080718446ZK.pdf | 158KB | download |