The Rise of AI Agents

<p><strong>Preface.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv</strong></p> <p><strong>Part I Foundations of Advanced Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1</strong></p> <p><strong>1 Introduction to AI Agents, Blockchain, and Quantum Computing.. . . . 3</strong></p> <p>Chapter Objectives.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3</p> <p>Fictional Story (Part 1): The Story of Jovan.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4</p> <p>The Foundations of AI Agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5</p> <p>Technological Innovations That Shape the Development of AI Agents:</p> <p>AI/ML, Blockchain, and Quantum Computing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6</p> <p>The Convergence.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9</p> <p>Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13</p> <p>References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13</p> <p>Test Your Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15</p> <p><strong>2 The Advance of Artificial Intelligence into AI Agents.. . . . . . . . . 19</strong></p> <p>Chapter Objectives.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19</p> <p>The Rise of Neural Networks and Deep Learning.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21</p> <p>Reinforcement Learning: Learning Through Interaction. . . . . . . . . . 24</p> <p>Q-Learning: An Off-Policy RL Algorithm.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28</p> <p>Neural Turing Machines: Bridging AI and Memory.. . . . . . . . . . . . 30</p> <p>Future Directions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31</p> <p>Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31</p> <p>References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31</p> <p>Test Your Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33</p> <p><strong>3 Digital Trust in AI Agents and Blockchain Technologies. . . . . . . . 37</strong></p> <p>Chapter Objectives.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37</p> <p>The Essence of Blockchain as a Distributed Ledger.. . . . . . . . . . . . 39</p> <p>Ethereum and the Evolution of Blockchain Ecosystems.. . . . . . . . . . 40</p> <p>Hyperledger: A Consortium for Enterprise Blockchain Solutions.. . . . . . . 41</p> <p>Smart Oracles: Bridging the Gap Between Blockchain and the Real World. . . 44</p> <p>Automated Contracts: The Role of Machine Learning. . . . . . . . . . . 49</p> <p>Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51</p> <p>References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51</p> <p>Test Your Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53</p> <p>Exercises.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55</p> <p>Exercise 3.1: Exploring Blockchain Technologies and AI Integration. . . . . . 55</p> <p>Exercise 3.2: Researching Deeper into Blockchain Technologies and AI Integration.. . . . 55</p> <p>Exercise 3.3: Comparing Blockchain Technologies.. . . . . . . . . . . . 55</p> <p>Exercise 3.4: Assessing the Impact and Future of Blockchain and AI.. . . . . 56</p> <p><strong>4 Quantum Computing and AI Agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57</strong></p> <p>Chapter Objectives.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57</p> <p>Quantum Mechanics in Computing.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59</p> <p>Qubits and Their Role in Quantum Computing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60</p> <p>Quantum Entanglement and Parallelism.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62</p> <p>Quantum Supremacy: The Race and the Reality. . . . . . . . . . . . . 63</p> <p>Quantum Algorithms: Shor’s Algorithm, Grover’s Algorithm.. . . . . . . . 64</p> <p>Implications for the Future.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70</p> <p>Challenges and Future Directions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71</p> <p>Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75</p> <p>References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76</p> <p>Test Your Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77</p> <p>Exercises.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78</p> <p>Exercise 4.1: Understanding the Fundamentals of Quantum Computing. . . . 78</p> <p>Exercise 4.2: Probing Quantum Computing Concepts.. . . . . . . . . . . 79</p> <p>Exercise 4.3: Comparing Concepts in Quantum Computing. . . . . . . . . 80</p> <p>Exercise 4.4: Assessing the Impact and Applications of</p> <p>Quantum Computing.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81</p> <p><strong>Part II Convergence for Enhanced Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83</strong></p> <p><strong>5 Decentralized AI Agents.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85</strong></p> <p>Chapter Objectives.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85</p> <p>Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . 87</p> <p>The Next 10 Years: Accelerated Integration and Expansion (Present–2034).. . . 92</p> <p>The Next 20 Years: Transformation and Societal Impact (2034–2054). . . . . 93</p> <p>The Next 50 Years: A New Era of Digital Civilization (2054–2104). . . . . . . 95</p> <p>Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98</p> <p>References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99</p> <p>Test Your Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101</p> <p>Exercises.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103</p> <p>Exercise 5.1: Exploring AI-Blockchain Merging and Its Future Prospects.. . . 103</p> <p>Exercise 5.2: Assessing the Impact and Future of AI-Blockchain Integration.. . . 104</p> <p>Exercise 5.3: Exploring Innovations and Challenges in AI-Blockchain Synergy. . . 106</p> <p>Exercise 5.4: Assessing the Potential and Risks of AI-Blockchain Evolution. . . 108</p> <p><strong>6 Quantum AI Agents.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111</strong></p> <p>Chapter Objectives.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111</p> <p>Quantum Machine Learning Algorithms: Quantum Neural Networks.. . . . 113</p> <p>The Quantum Difference: Superposition and Entanglement.. . . . . . . . 115</p> <p>Architectures of Quantum Neural Networks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116</p> <p>Opportunities and Challenges in Quantum AI Data Analysis.. . . . . . . . 120</p> <p>Quantum AI in Optimization Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121</p> <p>Challenges in Quantum Data Analysis.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124</p> <p>Quantum Machine Learning Algorithms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127</p> <p>Quantum-Enhanced Deep Learning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130</p> <p>Quantum Learning Theories.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132</p> <p>Quantum Data Encoding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133</p> <p>Hybrid Quantum-Classical Algorithms.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134</p> <p>Advances in Quantum Error Correction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135</p> <p>Post-Quantum Cryptography.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136</p> <p>Quantum Advantage in Real-World Applications.. . . . . . . . . . . . 137</p> <p>Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138</p> <p>References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139</p> <p>Test Your Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140</p> <p>Exercises.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142</p> <p>Exercise 6.1: Understanding Quantum Neural Networks and</p> <p>Their Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142</p> <p>Exercise 6.2: The Impact of Quantum Computing on AI.. . . . . . . . . . 142</p> <p>Exercise 6.3: Examining Quantum Advancements in Various Sectors. . . . . 142</p> <p><strong>7 Blockchain, Quantum Computing, and AI Agents.. . . . . . . . . . 143</strong></p> <p>Chapter Objectives.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143</p> <p>AI Agent Frameworks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145</p> <p>The Integration of Blockchain, Quantum Computing, and AI Agents. . . . . 148</p> <p>Integrating AI Agents with Post-Quantum Cryptography: Lattice-Based and Hash-Based Algorithms.. . 150</p> <p>Post-Quantum Cryptography: Lattice-Based and Hash-Based Algorithms. . . 152</p> <p>Hash-Based Cryptography: Quantum-Resilient by Design.. . . . . . . . . 157</p> <p>Quantum Cryptography: BB84 and E91.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163</p> <p>Quantum Attacks and Security Proofs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163</p> <p>Integrating the Principles of Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Cryptography into Blockchain Technologies. 168</p> <p>Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171</p> <p>References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172</p> <p>Test Your Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173</p> <p>Exercises.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175</p> <p>Exercise 7.1: Understanding Quantum-Resilient Cryptography.. . . . . . . 175</p> <p>Exercise 7.2: Practical Application and Implications.. . . . . . . . . . . 175</p> <p><strong>Part III Implications for Society and Ethics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177</strong></p> <p><strong>8 Ethics of AI Agents.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179</strong></p> <p>Chapter Objectives.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179</p> <p>Understanding the Ethical Considerations in AI.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 180</p> <p>Algorithms for Fairness in AI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182</p> <p>Specific Algorithms Designed for Fairness.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183</p> <p>Privacy Concerns in Quantum Computing and Bias Reduction Techniques. . 190</p> <p>Evaluating Ethical Frameworks for Quantum Technologies.. . . . . . . . 193</p> <p>Recognizing the Broader Ethical Implications of AI and Quantum Technologies. . .193</p> <p>Reflecting on the Role of Policy and Regulation in AI and Quantum Computing.. . . 195</p> <p>Anticipating Future Ethical Challenges in AI and Quantum Computing. . . . 196</p> <p>Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197</p> <p>References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198</p> <p>Test Your Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199</p> <p>Exercises.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201</p> <p>Exercise 8.1: Understanding Ethical AI and Quantum Computing.. . . . . . 201</p> <p><strong>9 Legal Frameworks and Global Standards Shaping the Future Development of AI Agents. .203</strong></p> <p>Chapter Objectives.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203</p> <p>Understanding the Regulatory Environment for AI Agents and Quantum Technologies.&nbsp; . . . . . . 205</p> <p>International Standards for Blockchain Technology.. . . . . . . . . . . 206</p> <p>Assessing the Impact of Regulation on Quantum Computing.. . . . . . . 207</p> <p>Challenges in Regulating Emerging Technologies.. . . . . . . . . . . . 209</p> <p>Divergence in Technological Standards and Regulations: Focus on Asia.. . . 210</p> <p>International Bodies and Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211</p> <p>Reflecting on the Balance Between Innovation and Regulation. . . . . . . 212</p> <p>The Future of AI, Blockchain, and Quantum Computing. . . . . . . . . . 213</p> <p>Emerging Trends in AI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214</p> <p>Future Developments in Blockchain Technology.. . . . . . . . . . . . 215</p> <p>Advances in Quantum Computing.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215</p> <p>Synergies Among Emerging Technologies.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216</p> <p>Potential Disruptions Caused by Emerging Technologies. . . . . . . . . 217</p> <p>Ethical and Societal Implications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217</p> <p>Future Challenges and Opportunities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218</p> <p>Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220</p> <p>References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221</p> <p>Test Your Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223</p> <p>Exercises.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225</p> <p>Exercise 9.1: Regulatory Frameworks and Standards.. . . . . . . . . . . 225</p> <p>Exercise 9.2: Analyzing International and Regulatory Challenges. . . . . . 225</p> <p><strong>10 Societal Impact and the Rise of Autonomous AI Systems.. . . . . . . 227</strong></p> <p>Chapter Objectives.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227</p> <p>Investigating the Impact of AI on Society. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228</p> <p>Integrating AI into Military Autonomous Systems.. . . . . . . . . . . . 229</p> <p>Utilizing AI in Autonomous Vehicles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231</p> <p>Applying AI in Healthcare Systems.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232</p> <p>Assessing the Influence of Quantum Computing on Industries.. . . . . . . 234</p> <p>Recognizing the Challenges of Implementing AI Autonomous Systems.. . . 235</p> <p>Analyzing the Economic and Social Implications of AI and Quantum Computing.. .&nbsp; . 237</p> <p>Predicting Future Trends in Autonomous Technologies.. . . . . . . . . . 238</p> <p>Reflecting on the Need for Responsible Development. . . . . . . . . . 238</p> <p>Understanding the Evolution of Technologies.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 240</p> <p>Addressing Future Challenges in AI, Blockchain, and Quantum Computing. . . 240</p> <p>Exploring Future Opportunities in AI, Blockchain, and Quantum Computing. . 241</p> <p>Examining Ethical, Legal, and Societal Implications of Emerging Technologies. . 242</p> <p>Preparing for an AI-Integrated Future. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243</p> <p>Engaging with Emerging Technologies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244</p> <p>Providing a Forward-Looking Perspective. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245</p> <p>Fictional Story (Part 2): The Story of Jovan.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247</p> <p>References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247</p> <p>Test Your Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249</p> <p>Exercises.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253</p> <p>Exercise 10.1: Exploring AI and Quantum Computing’s Societal Impacts. . . 253</p> <p>Exercise 10.2: Detailed Analysis of AI in Specific Sectors. . . . . . . . . . 254</p> <p>Exercise 10.3: Reviewing Key Technological Advancements. . . . . . . . 254</p> <p>Exercise 10.4: Reflecting on the Evolution of Technologies. . . . . . . . . 254</p> <p>Exercise 10.5: Anticipating Future Challenges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255</p> <p>Exercise 10.6: Recognizing Future Opportunities.. . . . . . . . . . . . 255</p> <p>Exercise 10.7: Assessing Ethical, Legal, and Societal Implications. . . . . . 256</p> <p>Exercise 10.8: Preparing for an AI-Integrated Future. . . . . . . . . . . 256</p> <p>Exercise 10.9: Engaging with Emerging Technologies. . . . . . . . . . . 257</p> <p>Exercise 10.10: Concluding with a Forward-Looking Perspective. . . . . . 257</p> <p><strong>Test Your Skills Answers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259</strong></p> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>9780135352946, TOC, 11/7/2024</strong></p>