Tech Bulletin form ACM Policy Council (TPC)
ACM TechBrief Highlights Risks of Quantum Simulation Technology
ACM
August 2, 2022
A technical bulletin from ACM's Technology Policy Council (TPC) weighs the benefits and risks of quantum simulation technologies. The fourth TechBrief to be released by TPC, the bulletin notes media and policymakers' focus on future quantum computers' theoretical encryption-breaking capability has overshadowed quantum simulation's viability and likely impact. In response, the advisory calls for rigorous, immediate planning in order for quantum simulation to fulfill its potential, especially since quantum simulators are likely to emerge before general-purpose quantum computers. ACM TPC chair James Hendler said the TechBrief was intended "to introduce a broad audience to both the promise and peril of quantum simulation so that leaders in science, government, and policy may begin to debate and design parameters within which this technology can develop and be deployed responsibly with maximum benefit and minimum risk."
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