Google’s former CEO is shedding light on the current state of American tech under the administration of Donald Trump.
Eric Schmidt did not hold back when speaking about the president and how his bizarre decision-making could really hurt Big Tech if things continue the way that they are. He especially focused on the superintelligence race and how America could soon fall behind China if no changes were made.
Special importance was given to the President’s decision to reduce spending on research that might hurt the country in the long term. He then went on to share that the policies of the second term are a direct attack on science. Such madness will end, as it might be crazy to fix.
Schmidt mentioned that America has already restricted immigration and cut out spending on divisions like research, not to mention funding for NASA and limited staffing across the board. Seeing it target educational institutions can be troublesome.
We saw last month that Columbia University agreed to strict policies against protests and more security on campus. The administration also made threats to stop the $400M funding. This past week, the Trump administration even went on to freeze $2B for Harvard after leaders at the school refused to take part in similar demands.
Such efforts from America’s top line are causing more damage than good, the former Google CEO shared. He also mentioned that this could relax tech development in America as competition from China continues to ramp up.
Schmidt went as far as to share that this appears to be a major attack on American science, adding that China is a superpower. They’ve invested trillions in this domain, and soon America will fall far behind.
It could also mean that global citizens wouldn’t be coming to the US to study or work, so that could again impact skilled people. While other tech giants are staying hush on the matter, including Musk and Zuckerberg, it’s clear that not everyone is happy with the president’s decision-making.
In the past month, we saw Meta’s leading AI scientist share how Trump had begun a witch hunt in academia. He called out the decision to cancel the green cards of people and expel them on the sole basis of their speech.
As per the former Google CEO, universities produce exceptional innovators who produce strong innovators and business opportunities. So many educational institutions are dealing with hiring freezes as they’re scared of the current administration. The latter is withholding millions from them.
The latest to fall victim to Trump’s irrational decision-making is Harvard. Trump stopped billions worth of funding as the university failed to accept his conditions of giving the administration more control over its activities. As per Harvard, they don’t see the point of working under rules governed by someone else.
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Eric Schmidt did not hold back when speaking about the president and how his bizarre decision-making could really hurt Big Tech if things continue the way that they are. He especially focused on the superintelligence race and how America could soon fall behind China if no changes were made.
Special importance was given to the President’s decision to reduce spending on research that might hurt the country in the long term. He then went on to share that the policies of the second term are a direct attack on science. Such madness will end, as it might be crazy to fix.
Schmidt mentioned that America has already restricted immigration and cut out spending on divisions like research, not to mention funding for NASA and limited staffing across the board. Seeing it target educational institutions can be troublesome.
We saw last month that Columbia University agreed to strict policies against protests and more security on campus. The administration also made threats to stop the $400M funding. This past week, the Trump administration even went on to freeze $2B for Harvard after leaders at the school refused to take part in similar demands.
Such efforts from America’s top line are causing more damage than good, the former Google CEO shared. He also mentioned that this could relax tech development in America as competition from China continues to ramp up.
Schmidt went as far as to share that this appears to be a major attack on American science, adding that China is a superpower. They’ve invested trillions in this domain, and soon America will fall far behind.
It could also mean that global citizens wouldn’t be coming to the US to study or work, so that could again impact skilled people. While other tech giants are staying hush on the matter, including Musk and Zuckerberg, it’s clear that not everyone is happy with the president’s decision-making.
In the past month, we saw Meta’s leading AI scientist share how Trump had begun a witch hunt in academia. He called out the decision to cancel the green cards of people and expel them on the sole basis of their speech.
As per the former Google CEO, universities produce exceptional innovators who produce strong innovators and business opportunities. So many educational institutions are dealing with hiring freezes as they’re scared of the current administration. The latter is withholding millions from them.
The latest to fall victim to Trump’s irrational decision-making is Harvard. Trump stopped billions worth of funding as the university failed to accept his conditions of giving the administration more control over its activities. As per Harvard, they don’t see the point of working under rules governed by someone else.
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