I love quantum effects and, hopefully, our brain is just that special and those effects can’t be easily replicated.

It’s this sort of stuff that I wish would slow down:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2363330-ai-creates-pictures-of-what-people-are-seeing-by-analysing-brain-scans/

Granted they’ve had this technology for a few years now but AI has sped it up.

Where?

There are agreements and there are shady markets. If China wants to get their hands on these chips, they likely will.