# The Universe Is a Quantum Computer by Seth Lloyd > “The universe is a quantum computer: life, sex, the brain, and human society all arise out of the ability of the universe to process information at the level of atoms, photons and elementary particles.” > **— Seth Lloyd**, *2004, Edge Annual Question: “WHAT'S YOUR LAW?”* ## Sources and Context - **Direct Edge response and surrounding essay:** [Lloyd's Law](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/11090) — the official response page preserves this exact, continuous passage and its surrounding argument. - **Complete local collection index:** [[research/Edge 2004 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2004 Full Quotation Curation]] — retained source-first record for the response object and all canonical reminder links derived from it. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s|AI in the 1970s]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism]] - **Article:** [[articles/Machine Intelligence from Cortical Networks and the Allen Institute|Cortical Networks]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Information Theory|Information Theory]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Information Theory|Information Theory]] - [[wiki/Information Architecture|Information Architecture]] - [[wiki/Knowledge Representation|Knowledge Representation]] - [[wiki/Digital Evolution|Digital Evolution]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The universe is a quantum computer: life, sex, the brain, and human society all arise out of the ability of the universe to process information at the level of atoms, photons and elementary particles.” — Seth Lloyd, 2004, Edge Annual Question: “WHAT'S YOUR LAW?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-seth-lloyd-universe-quantum-computer ```