--- title: Eric Schmidt: Why America needs an Apollo program for... description: Eric Schmidt argues that America needs a national compute strategy similar to the Apollo program for the age of AI, highlighting the importance of advanced... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/eric-schmidt-why-america-needs-an-apollo-program-for-the-age-of-ai-51gko3ggo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Eric Schmidt: Why America needs an Apollo program for the age of AI | daily.dev og:description: Eric Schmidt argues that America needs a national compute strategy similar to the Apollo program for the age of AI, highlighting the importance of advanced... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/eric-schmidt-why-america-needs-an-apollo-program-for-the-age-of-ai-51gko3ggo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/51GKO3GGO.png og:image:alt: Eric Schmidt: Why America needs an Apollo program for the age of AI og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Eric Schmidt: Why America needs an Apollo program for the age of AI **[MIT Technology Review](https://daily.dev/sources/technologyreview)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Eric Schmidt argues that America needs a national compute strategy similar to the Apollo program for the age of AI, highlighting the importance of advanced computing, the need for dedicated government AI supercomputers, and the significance of a talent strategy. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#computing](https://daily.dev/tags/computing) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/eric-schmidt-why-america-needs-an-apollo-program-for-the-age-of-ai-51gko3ggo) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Eric Schmidt: Why America needs an Apollo program for the age of AI","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/eric-schmidt-why-america-needs-an-apollo-program-for-the-age-of-ai-51gko3ggo","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/eric-schmidt-why-america-needs-an-apollo-program-for-the-age-of-ai-51gko3ggo"},"datePublished":"2024-05-13T08:59:31.418Z","dateModified":"2024-05-13T08:59:29.839Z","description":"Eric Schmidt argues that America needs a national compute strategy similar to the Apollo program for the age of AI, highlighting the importance of advanced...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ed508dc39f9d6597ed7e96b5eca4ce00?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ed508dc39f9d6597ed7e96b5eca4ce00?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"MIT Technology Review","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"MIT Technology Review","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/a8d03889722f4f22b3986e0b395ff076","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/technologyreview"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/eric-schmidt-why-america-needs-an-apollo-program-for-the-age-of-ai-51gko3ggo","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai,computing","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MIT Technology Review","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/technologyreview"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Eric Schmidt: Why America needs an Apollo program for the age of AI"}]} ```