Emil Michael
Emil Michael is a former Pentagon undersecretary of defense for research and engineering.
Notable Quotes
"At some level, you have to trust your military to do the right thing."View Story →
"a liar with a God complex."View Story →
"I need a reliable, steady partner that gives me something, that'll work with me on autonomous, because someday it'll be real and we're starting to see earlier versions of that."View Story →
"a disgrace and claimed it contained dozens of factual errors."View Story →
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