
What Next TBD: The White House's Favorite Tech Billionaire
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Is It Just to Be Close to Power?
There are two main, i think, most compelling arguments. Eric schmidt has the conviction that whichever country is the most dominant, and artificial intelligence policy is going to win the 20 first century. And so he wants to have a very strong role in the future of american science policy,. because he believes it necessary for the country. During the trump administration, he ended up serving as chair of this congress created commission called the national security commission on artificial intelligence. The people that are probably more sympathetic say that erik schmidt has a very strong belief that the future of American supremacy is based largely around the future of artificial intelligence policy.
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