NCTA's Gardner: Winning the AI Race Requires Better Internet Infrastructure
Improving the U.S. internet infrastructure is vital to beating China for AI dominance, NCTA President Cory Gardner wrote Monday in an op-ed for Fox News. While the U.S. focuses on innovation and debates regulation, the Chinese Communist Party "is building internet infrastructure to leapfrog the U.S." He pointed to China increasingly challenging the U.S. with advances in Wi-Fi, which is the primary technology used to access AI.
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While the U.S. "has made significant progress in building broadband networks that offer the scale to meet this moment," Gardner said, that investment must be accompanied by government commitment. "As soon as possible, leaders in D.C. should create a national framework for broadband policy, replacing the current state-by-state regulatory minefield that holds back the infrastructure America needs." He also called for a better national strategy on unlicensed spectrum.
"If we get this right, the United States won’t just compete in the AI era -- we’ll indisputably lead it and leave China in the dust," Gardner added.