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An initial security audit of that tool has shown that, because of the way language models are trained, generated code is uniquely vulnerable to common cybersecurity attacks. Researchers found in testing that 40 percent of Copilot-generated computer programs were vulnerable to some of the most common cybersecurity weaknesses. This is because code generation is made possible due to the repetition of the most common programming idioms in the training data. Those are not the most secure.

— The AI Con by Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna (Page 53)

While executives suggest that AI is going to be a labor-saving device, in reality it is meant to be a labor-breaking one. It is intended to devalue labor by threatening workers with technology that can supposedly do their job at a fraction of the cost.

— The AI Con by Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna (Page 42)

To put it bluntly, “AI” is a marketing term. It doesn’t refer to a coherent set of technologies. Instead, the phrase “artificial intelligence” is deployed when the people building or selling a particular set of technologies will profit from getting others to believe that their technology is similar to humans, able to do things that, in fact, intrinsically require human judgment, perception, or creativity.

— The AI Con by Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna (Page 5)

“Nelson Nunez,” says Ferdy. “Lives up at Bluff Point, about five miles up the coast. But if you visit without an appointment, he’ll kill you. And if you do have an appointment, he’ll probably kill you too, but at least you’ll know when.”

— We Solve Murders by Richard Osman (We Solve Murders, #1) (Page 180)

The only way anyone can afford to buy a house these days is to have bought it fifteen years ago.

— We Solve Murders by Richard Osman (We Solve Murders, #1) (Page 16)

You want redemption? You truly want to redeem?

Then repair what is broken.

— Very Fine People by A. R. Moxon (Page 450)

Consider the idea that treating certain people as if they don’t matter enough to care about or fight for their dignity and their lives—and doing this so thoroughly and effectively that society treats them as if they are nonexistent and disposable—creates a much deeper polarization than any fight over the holiday dinner table or on the airwaves over whether or not it’s good to do so.

— Very Fine People by A. R. Moxon (Page 417)

There were things that couldn’t be said back then, too. It’s just they were different things than slurs. In those days you couldn’t say things like “actually, I’m gay”

— Very Fine People by A. R. Moxon (Page 415)