ABSTRACT:
Quantum computing is among the most significant technologies to emerge in recent decades, offering the promise of paradigm-shifting computational capacity with significant ethical consequences. On a technical level, the unique features of quantum computation have consequences for the imposition of fairness and ethical constraints on computation. Despite its significance, little if no structured research has been undertaken into the ethical implications of quantum technologies.
In this paper, we fill this gap in the literature by presenting a roadmap for ethical quantum computing setting out prospective research programmes. We situate quantum ethics at the cross-disciplinary intersection of quantum information science, technology ethics and moral philosophy. We summarise the key elements of quantum information processing relevant to ethical analysis and set-out taxonomies for use by researchers considering the ethics of quantum technologies. In doing so, we inaugurate the cross-disciplinary field of the ethics of quantum computing.
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CONTACT: ELIJA.T.PERRIER@student.uts.edu.au
HOSTED BY: Dr Mária Kieferová, Centre for Quantum Software and Information, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
