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Remember Schmidt, former chairman and CEO of Google?

He has been Google's CEO for 10 years since 2001, when he was invited by Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, going from a "start-up" to an IPO listing, and finally a giant. Schmidt also served as executive chairman of Google until his retirement in 2017.

During his tenure at Google, Schmidt also paid close attention to the Chinese market and business.

When Google was founded in China, he personally came to the Beijing platform, and then visited China many times, and even went to Wuzhen to participate in the final battle between AlphaGo and Ke Jie before retiring.

It can be said that he is a global technology boss who pays attention to China and understands China's business.

Today, Schmidt is the founder of Schmidt Futures and chairman of the National Security Council's artificial Intelligence and Defense Innovation Commission.

Just recently, a column in his New York Times attracted attention from both sides of the Pacific.

There is only one core point: if the United States does not hurry up, it will lose out to China in terms of cutting-edge scientific and technological innovation and leadership.

The knowledgeable Mr Schmidt also gives specific advice-which seems to apply to China as well.

So let's give a brief outline and take a brief look at what Schmidt said and suggested.

Viewpoint: us leadership in areas such as AI is in jeopardy

Schmidt cut to the chase: important trends are bad for us.

Why is America strong? Unique universities and innovative mechanisms in the world-companies that start up garages, entrepreneurs who are willing to take risks and scholars who forge ahead-bring new discoveries in the field of science and technology.

But that's not the whole story anymore.

For example, America's leadership in the field of AI is in jeopardy. Artificial intelligence will open up new paradigms, new frontiers and new frontiers in everything from biology to banking. It is also a priority for national security and is crucial to the leadership of the United States.

But a new study covering more than 100 indicators found that five to 10 years later, China is likely to take the lead in these important areas-even though the US still seems to be far ahead.

For example, China overcalculates twice as much as the United States, and deploys 15 times as many 5G base stations as the United States. And China's overall investment in R & D is also expected to overtake the United States to become the largest country in R & D investment in the world within 10 years. This is not counting China's speed in terms of economic size and the scale of economic development.

In a word, Silicon Valley is the leader of American technology and innovation, but Silicon Valley may lose to China.

So do you have any suggestions? Schmidt gives advice in five areas.

Suggestions: five major aspects to promote scientific research exploration and innovation

First, the state should pay attention to it, and the budget for scientific research should be doubled.

Schmidt said that the development of emerging technologies should be clearly listed as a national priority. The good news is that the White House has decided to double non-defense research funding in AI and quantum computing by 2022.

But that is not enough. Similar initiatives should be implemented in broader areas such as biotechnology, doubling research budgets. Such as supporting the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Energy, and so on.

Second, strengthen the interaction between industry, university and research.

An unprecedented partnership should be established between industry, university and research, such as allowing university researchers and students to use cloud computing cheaply and scientific research innovation to reduce resource constraints.

Stanford University has proposed to set up a "national research cloud" (National Research Cloud) to allow researchers to use infrastructure such as cloud computing, which is a good idea.

It is also necessary to create more flexible ways to accelerate innovation and provide funding for promising researchers to make scientific discoveries look farther and wider.

Third, strengthen the training of talents, especially scientists and engineers.

The core of this is to attract more global technical experts to stay here.

"most computer scientists with graduate degrees working in the United States are foreign-born, as are most graduate students currently studying computer science at American universities. They are the source of national strength, and the vast majority of them want to stay and contribute to American innovation. We must make it easier for them to stay."

In terms of talent policy, there is no need to wait for a comprehensive immigration policy. We can change the procedures for the migration of highly skilled personnel now. If the procedures are too many and the policies are complicated, talents will be pushed elsewhere.

Fourth, do not give up eating because of "political correctness".

If there are always unresolved doubts about the benefits of new technology, it will hinder us from moving forward.

So Americans' concerns about privacy, security, algorithmic biases, technical standards and the potential impact of new technologies on the workforce must be addressed.

On the whole, we should not give up eating for fear of choking.

Fifth, there is competition, but it is also necessary to strengthen Sino-US cooperation.

Cooperation can help all in many areas, such as the application of AI to climate challenges, space exploration, disaster relief and epidemics.

So don't confine yourself to competition, cooperation can benefit everyone.

These are the views and suggestions of Schmidt, the former chairman of Google and CEO.

Although Schmidt's starting point and thinking point has its own reasons, the five major suggestions seem to be not only applicable to the United States.

Think of the wise, smell the Tao and rejoice, we can also choose the good and use it.

What do you say?

Reference:

Eric Schmidt: I Used to Run Google. Silicon Valley Could Lose to China

Https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/opinion/eric-schmidt-ai-china.html

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