Catch and Kill Quotes

“there have been credible reports that researchers have already developed a self-aware computer in secrecy.”
― J.D. Lasica, Catch and Kill

“My team and I established the Samana Cay Points System with rewards and penalties, and our AI dispenses points based on what it observers. Jaywalking, a fifty-point deduction. Service in the Military Police, a thousand-point bonus each week. Our tracking system has a record of where every resident has been over the past three years. When your actions and behaviors have a direct bearing on whether you can afford to feed your family come Friday night, the level of conformity achieved is astonishingly high. We’ve built accountability into the very design of our community.”
― J.D. Lasica, Catch and Kill

“Here’s what isn’t public knowledge,” Annika said. “The government and U.S. tech giants have teamed up on a massive SLAM project to map the surface of Earth.” She paused to let the import of this sink in. “The newest Earth Station satellites can identify buildings and objects almost down to the centimeter. By using photogrammetry and long-range volumetric capture, the result is a continually updated 3D geospatial rendering of the physical world. Now, mind you, not everything on the planet is 3D mapped yet, but every island within five hundred miles of the U.S. coastline certainly is.”
― J.D. Lasica, Catch and Kill