Quantum computing and computational law
Atik, Jeffery LU and Jeutner, Valentin LU
(2021)
In Law, Innovation and Technology
13(2).
p.302-324
- Abstract
Quantum computing technology will greatly enhance the abilities of the emerging field of computational law to express, model, and operationalise law in algorithmic form. Foreshadowing the harnessing of the power of quantum computing technology by the legal sector, this essay targets, with reference to computational complexity theory, the categories of computational problems which quantum computers are better equipped to deal with than are classical computers (‘quantum supremacy’). Subsequently, the essay demarcates the possible contours of legal ‘quantum supremacy’ by showcasing three anticipated legal fields of quantum technology: optimisation problems, burdens of proof, and machine learning. Acknowledging that the exact manifestation... (More)
Quantum computing technology will greatly enhance the abilities of the emerging field of computational law to express, model, and operationalise law in algorithmic form. Foreshadowing the harnessing of the power of quantum computing technology by the legal sector, this essay targets, with reference to computational complexity theory, the categories of computational problems which quantum computers are better equipped to deal with than are classical computers (‘quantum supremacy’). Subsequently, the essay demarcates the possible contours of legal ‘quantum supremacy’ by showcasing three anticipated legal fields of quantum technology: optimisation problems, burdens of proof, and machine learning. Acknowledging that the exact manifestation of quantum computing technology in the legal sector is as yet difficult to predict, the essay posits that the meaningful utilisation of quantum computing technology at a later stage presupposes a creative imagination of possible use-cases at the present.
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- author
- Atik, Jeffery
LU
and Jeutner, Valentin
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- computational law, innovation policy, quantum computer, Quantum law, quantum mechanics
- in
- Law, Innovation and Technology
- volume
- 13
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 302 - 324
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- external identifiers
-
- scopus:85114892213
- ISSN
- 1757-9961
- DOI
- 10.1080/17579961.2021.1977216
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 561bdef1-217b-4351-b59e-3da85509fcf7
- date added to LUP
- 2021-10-11 14:49:25
- date last changed
- 2022-10-12 14:01:23
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