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07-03-2024, 02:16 PM
During the cold-war, a treaty was conceived between nations which feared the belligerency of their neighbors, it was called the CoCom, (Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls,) because it was focused primarily on the Cold-War era, it had to be re-established in a less focused state, leading to what is now called the "Wassenaar Arrangement."
The Wassenaar Arrangement (1996) was meant to provide some transparency for the spreading of military technologies across the globe, who was engaging in it, and to what extent. Giving the multinational organization some platform to address the outcomes of such practices. Eventually, of course, computers was added to the otherwise obvious list of tanks, ships, weapon systems et. al.
But here's something interesting...
From NewScientist: Multiple nations enact mysterious export controls on quantum computers
Subtitled: Identical wording placing limits on the export of quantum computers has appeared in regulations across the globe. There doesn't seem to be any scientific reason for the controls, and all can be traced to secret international discussions
Secret international discussions have resulted in governments across the world imposing identical export controls on quantum computers, while refusing to disclose the scientific rationale behind the regulations. Although quantum computers theoretically have the potential to threaten national security by breaking encryption techniques, even the most advanced quantum computers currently in public existence are too small and too error-prone to achieve this, rendering the bans seemingly pointless.
The UK is one of the countries that has prohibited the export of quantum computers with 34 or more quantum bits, or qubits, and error rates below a certain threshold...
Interestingly, the appearance of the same exact wording throughout each members national regulatory documents seems indicative of something which merits explanation. Even if it is only to deny that there is some globalist author who directly influences various different governments operations... sort of like how governments should not "dictate" what form and content media reporting can and cannot have. I suspect this has to do with the fact that "high-level" government and multi-government institutions should only regulate what they understand, and not have to be told that "these are the words you must say," (or at least acknowledge that the words came from somewhere else.)
France has also introduced export controls with the same specifications on qubit numbers and error rates, as has Spain and the Netherlands. Identical limits across European states might point to a European Union regulation, but that isn’t the case. A European Commission spokesperson told New Scientist that EU members are free to adopt national measures, rather than bloc-wide ones, for export restrictions. “Recent controls on quantum computers by Spain and France are examples of such national measures,” they said. They declined to explain why the figures in various EU export bans matched exactly, if these decisions had been reached independently.
I would wage that all 42 of the nations who declare themselves participants in the Wassenaar Arrangement will adopt the exact same language to limit quantum computer 'exporting.' All without addressing the logic behind the proscription.
“I have no idea who determined the logic behind these numbers,” he says, but it may have something to do with the threshold for simulating a quantum computer on an ordinary computer. This becomes exponentially harder as the number of qubits rises, so Monroe believes that the rationale behind the ban could be to restrict quantum computers that are now too advanced to be simulated, even though such devices have no practical applications.
As a 'conspiracy theorist' I'm wondering at the applicability of the idea that this will strengthen any "monopolistic" control of quantum computer dissemination and capitalization. If this isn't actually a cabal-derived manipulation of the system to ensure that money remains within certain circles.
The Wassenaar Arrangement (1996) was meant to provide some transparency for the spreading of military technologies across the globe, who was engaging in it, and to what extent. Giving the multinational organization some platform to address the outcomes of such practices. Eventually, of course, computers was added to the otherwise obvious list of tanks, ships, weapon systems et. al.
But here's something interesting...
From NewScientist: Multiple nations enact mysterious export controls on quantum computers
Subtitled: Identical wording placing limits on the export of quantum computers has appeared in regulations across the globe. There doesn't seem to be any scientific reason for the controls, and all can be traced to secret international discussions
Secret international discussions have resulted in governments across the world imposing identical export controls on quantum computers, while refusing to disclose the scientific rationale behind the regulations. Although quantum computers theoretically have the potential to threaten national security by breaking encryption techniques, even the most advanced quantum computers currently in public existence are too small and too error-prone to achieve this, rendering the bans seemingly pointless.
The UK is one of the countries that has prohibited the export of quantum computers with 34 or more quantum bits, or qubits, and error rates below a certain threshold...
Interestingly, the appearance of the same exact wording throughout each members national regulatory documents seems indicative of something which merits explanation. Even if it is only to deny that there is some globalist author who directly influences various different governments operations... sort of like how governments should not "dictate" what form and content media reporting can and cannot have. I suspect this has to do with the fact that "high-level" government and multi-government institutions should only regulate what they understand, and not have to be told that "these are the words you must say," (or at least acknowledge that the words came from somewhere else.)
France has also introduced export controls with the same specifications on qubit numbers and error rates, as has Spain and the Netherlands. Identical limits across European states might point to a European Union regulation, but that isn’t the case. A European Commission spokesperson told New Scientist that EU members are free to adopt national measures, rather than bloc-wide ones, for export restrictions. “Recent controls on quantum computers by Spain and France are examples of such national measures,” they said. They declined to explain why the figures in various EU export bans matched exactly, if these decisions had been reached independently.
I would wage that all 42 of the nations who declare themselves participants in the Wassenaar Arrangement will adopt the exact same language to limit quantum computer 'exporting.' All without addressing the logic behind the proscription.
“I have no idea who determined the logic behind these numbers,” he says, but it may have something to do with the threshold for simulating a quantum computer on an ordinary computer. This becomes exponentially harder as the number of qubits rises, so Monroe believes that the rationale behind the ban could be to restrict quantum computers that are now too advanced to be simulated, even though such devices have no practical applications.
As a 'conspiracy theorist' I'm wondering at the applicability of the idea that this will strengthen any "monopolistic" control of quantum computer dissemination and capitalization. If this isn't actually a cabal-derived manipulation of the system to ensure that money remains within certain circles.
