BOOK REVIEW: Convergence (Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing)

Social, Economic and Policy Impacts. Edited by Greg Viggiano, PhD. Copyright, The Museum of Science Fiction. Published by John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey. Hard cover, with index, 272 pp. US$20.80

On the very first page of the preface to this compendium of essays from 20 international authors and scholars from industry, academia and government, looking forward to the impending mating of artificial intelligence (AI) with quantum computing, the editor Greg Viggiano writes that “the changes resulting from their combined functionality are likely to b…