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| author | Meckel, Miriam Hacker, Philipp Steinacker, Lea Lukoseviciene, Aurelija Soekadar, Surjo R. Slosser, Jacob Poehlmann, Gina-Maria |
| author_facet | Meckel, Miriam Hacker, Philipp Steinacker, Lea Lukoseviciene, Aurelija Soekadar, Surjo R. Slosser, Jacob Poehlmann, Gina-Maria |
| contents | Emerging technologies challenge conventional governance approaches, especially when uncertainty is not a temporary obstacle but a foundational feature as in quantum computing. This paper reframes uncertainty from a governance liability to a generative force, using the paradigms of quantum mechanics to propose adaptive, probabilistic frameworks for responsible innovation. We identify three interdependent layers of uncertainty--physical, technical, and societal--central to the evolution of quantum technologies. The proposed Quantum Risk Simulator (QRS) serves as a conceptual example, an imaginative blueprint rather than a prescriptive tool, meant to illustrate how probabilistic reasoning could guide dynamic, uncertainty-based governance. By foregrounding epistemic and ontological ambiguity, and drawing analogies from cognitive neuroscience and predictive processing, we suggest a new model of governance aligned with the probabilistic essence of quantum systems. This model, we argue, is especially promising for the European Union as a third way between laissez-faire innovation and state-led control, offering a flexible yet responsible pathway for regulating quantum and other frontier technologies. |
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| spellingShingle | The Goldilocks zone of governing technology: Leveraging uncertainty for responsible quantum practices Meckel, Miriam Hacker, Philipp Steinacker, Lea Lukoseviciene, Aurelija Soekadar, Surjo R. Slosser, Jacob Poehlmann, Gina-Maria Computers and Society Emerging technologies challenge conventional governance approaches, especially when uncertainty is not a temporary obstacle but a foundational feature as in quantum computing. This paper reframes uncertainty from a governance liability to a generative force, using the paradigms of quantum mechanics to propose adaptive, probabilistic frameworks for responsible innovation. We identify three interdependent layers of uncertainty--physical, technical, and societal--central to the evolution of quantum technologies. The proposed Quantum Risk Simulator (QRS) serves as a conceptual example, an imaginative blueprint rather than a prescriptive tool, meant to illustrate how probabilistic reasoning could guide dynamic, uncertainty-based governance. By foregrounding epistemic and ontological ambiguity, and drawing analogies from cognitive neuroscience and predictive processing, we suggest a new model of governance aligned with the probabilistic essence of quantum systems. This model, we argue, is especially promising for the European Union as a third way between laissez-faire innovation and state-led control, offering a flexible yet responsible pathway for regulating quantum and other frontier technologies. |
| title | The Goldilocks zone of governing technology: Leveraging uncertainty for responsible quantum practices |
| topic | Computers and Society |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12957 |