Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering Emil Michael on being the CTO of the Department of War, applying lessons from Silicon Valley at the Pentagon, and his "holy cow" moment with AI vendors. 00:00 Silicon Valley to DC 02:03 Why the DoW cannot operate at "peacetime speed" 04:33 Making applied AI the top priority 09:04 "Holy cow" 13:52 On democratic oversight 16:19 The state of AI 18:42 Structural changes to the DoW 21:20 Startups & innovation 23:53 Patriotism & working for the…