Nicolas Chaillan takes on the Pentagon, China and TikTok

Nicolas Chaillan, former Air Force Chief Software Officer, resigned from the DoD over frustrations with what he called a lack of innovation, collaboration and agility. He gets into those issues and talks about how the U.S. can invest more in technology to compete with China in artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.  

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Why you should listen:

* Nicolas offers a candid and controversial view of the military's approach to the growing technological threat from China.

* He outlines his view for a Pentagon that is more agile, collaborative and competitive. 

* Hear from a former DoD insider about some of the institutional barriers that can hinder innovation and software advancements.  

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Key quotes:

* "In 10, 15, 20 years from now, America as we know it and the value we have and the freedom we enjoy will be at risk of going away if China dominates in AI like they are doing now."

* "TikTok is effectively an intelligence weapon of China on US citizens right now."

* "We don't see a lot of training and implementation of Agile at all in the DoD, which really leads to the inability to move at the pace of relevance and tremendous waste of taxpayer money."

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* https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolaschaillan/

* https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/time-say-goodbye-nicolas-m-chaillan/

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