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Short abstract:

I use existing AI frameworks for identifying disparities between ethical intentions of balancing innovation and regulation and the actual narrative of different national quantum policies. The paper concludes on pivotal conditions for future innovation framework within quantum governance strategies.

Long abstract:

Quantum technologies are currently under development, with a strong focus on quantum computing. At this stage, still being within the NISQ era (Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum) quantum computing faces challenges related to reliability, practical application and capacity to solve complex problems. Regardless of the potential for quantum computing to beneficially revolutionize various sectors, including cyber security, pharmaceutical development, and transport systems, the push for further research and broader societal engagement with quantum computing has largely been propelled by concerns over arising encryption vulnerabilities. The amount of equally probable future trajectories of quantum technologies and their corresponding ethical issues, specifically in quantum artificial intelligence, raise new questions for surveillance, repression, and how to deal with new techno-social elements in democracies. To navigate the ethical and responsible advancement of quantum technologies, it is essential to establish policy frameworks encouraging beneficial outcomes while regulating the risks of these transformative technologies under consideration of its specificalities. I aim to identify disparities between the ethical intentions of balancing innovation and regulation and the actual narrative of different national quantum policies. To identify and analyze the gaps between the potential of quantum governance for good and existing governance strategies, I transfer the existing model of Artificial Intelligence (AI) governance by Ulnicane et al. (2022) to quantum technologies and researching its applicability using the RRI framework as benchmark. We identify the gaps within current national quantum governance strategies based on the proposed framework to conclude pivotal conditions for future innovation frameworks and narratives within quantum governance strategies.