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15+ years building production systems. Former Director of Engineering at Oracle, leading public cloud services and working with engineers from Microsoft, AWS, Google, Netflix.

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Over 650 Google and OpenAI employees signed an open letter backing Anthropic's stand against the Pentagon.

Here is what they are asking. 

That their companies refuse the Department of War's demands for permission to use AI models for mass domestic surveillance and autonomously killing people without human oversight.

The backstory. Anthropic agreed to 98% of the Pentagon's use cases for Claude. Cyber operations, combat support, intelligence - all approved. They drew the line on two things: mass surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weapons.

The Pentagon's response was a 3-day ultimatum. Agree or get labeled a "supply chain risk" - a designation historically reserved for foreign adversaries. Never before applied to an American company.

Now the people actually building these models at Google and OpenAI are saying the same thing Anthropic said. 

Not these two things.

I agree with them. The technology is advancing fast but AI models are not reliable enough for life and death decisions. There is a fundamental unpredictability in these systems that we have not solved. 

Giving them the ability to make kill decisions without a human in the loop is not a technical limitation we can hand-wave away.

This is one of the most important conversations happening in tech right now.

What's your take?

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MONOFASICA

Cable Installer

Far-Est Windows

Worker

DAC CIP ACTIV CONSTRUCT

Courier

Administrația Națională de Meteorologie

I elaborated software programs for managing meteorological data flow.
I inducted a website analysis to give improvement advices.
I elaborated a desktop application meant to classify historical meteorological data.

Software Programmer

Fintech IT&C

Working in an agile environment allowed me to grow in a quick rhythm.
I had the opportunity to work on backend and frontend tasks, and this gave me a complete vision of the development of web applications.

Software Engineer

Netivity

AAD Total Administration SRL

Packer/Loader

WindSoft 

Main task was to add functionalities to existing applications (create new fields, modify reports).

Information Technology Programmer

System Innovation Romania

I've created new addons (extensions) for the main program. Also, I modified some existing ones.
The developed extensions were in C# programming language and used Microsoft SQL to store information into the database.
Also, for such addon, I used HTML and CSS to create a template for invoices sent via email.
Besides these extensions, I have created a Windows application used to store different kind of problems of the devices/items sold.

GRAITEC

I used, primarily, C and C++ programming languages to create parts of the software used in the civil construction field.

Passionate about software and testing, I am looking forward to developing my professional career in the Information Technology field. Using testing methodologies I've learned I can ensure a good implementation of the software solution.

Experienced Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the Computer Software industry. Skilled in C++, OpenGL, Test Driven Development, .NET Framework, and HTML. Strong operations professional with a Master's degree focused in Computer Science from the University of Bucharest.

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