The challenges of law in the face of quantum information: some perspectives on the new legal role

Abstract

Historically, with the advent of technology, humanity has shown that technological change has also impacted social, economic, and political change, fundamentally affecting and reconfiguring power relationships. Quantum computing emerges as one of the most advanced phenomena that will introduce changes in all aspects of human life. The underlying idea behind the emergence of quantum computing lies, like any new technological tool, in a primary bewilderment at the power it entails and the force of its rise. Its processing, adaptation, and governance require precise but also controlled transformations. This is where the field of Legal Sciences must once again propose and adapt legal norms and values to these ends, without stifling technical development, while establishing ethical-moral and procedural principles. The combination with other technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence, presents an even greater challenge in this area. The objective of this article is to attempt to account for the type of emerging technological development we are facing and from which guidelines we can approach it, for the purposes of its regulation, without losing sight of the reconfiguration of relationships that this entails, even in the legal realm.