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“Cope’s bot can string together notes that weave in and out with the power of Beethoven or the finesse of Mozart. That a machine can produce things of such beauty is threatening to many in the music community. “If you’ve spent a good portion of your life being in love with these dead composers and along comes some twerp who claims to have this piece of software that can move you in the same way, suddenly you’re asking yourself, ‘What’s happened here?’” Cope says. “I’m messing with some very powerful relationships.”
― Christopher Steiner, Automate This: How Algorithms Took Over Our Markets, Our Jobs, and the World

“Every team member has the responsibility to stop the line every time they see something that is out of standard. That's how we put the responsibility for quality in the hands of our team members.”
― Jeffrey K. Liker, The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles From the World's Greatest Manufacturer

“Go and see for yourself to thoroughly understand the situation (genchi genbutsu).”
― Jeffrey K. Liker, The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles From the World's Greatest Manufacturer