Because sculptors were obliged to produce such vast quantities of work so fast, their standards deteriorated, and the huge vistas of narrative relief show signs of haste and slipshod workmanship.
The market for data is increasing in size at a rapid rate, mostly due to new methods of measurement (like mobile phones, IoT sensors and satellite imagery) that generate new forms of information, as well as new, prevalent use cases like AI, which rely on huge quantities of high-quality data to work (emphasis on the high-quality).
They're better at things than we are, goes the argument: more efficient, better able to process huge quantities of data, and available to work nights, weekends and holidays without demanding overtime pay or dental insurance.
In A Vast Machine, Paul Edwards documents the evolution of a broad scientific field that began with the curiosity of a few 19th-century explorers and scholars and now spans a worldwide community of scientists, engineers, and other specialists working with huge quantities of data, immensely complex computer models, and many sophisticated instruments and measurement platforms.
"PageRank is a technique for finding hidden flows in huge quantities of data," says Yonatan Zunger, a Google software engineer who used to work on search technology and who contacted Allesina after seeing his research.
He speaks with two ex-DEA agents who both worked undercover for decades, infiltrating deadly drug trafficking rings and seizing huge quantities of cocaine and heroin that were making their way to the United States.
The supply chain works in this way: Slave ships plying international waters off Thailand scoop up huge quantities of "trash fish", infant or inedible fish.
He's also able to eat huge quantities of spaghetti.
Banks are wobbly, burdened with huge quantities of bad loans.
