{"id":11289,"date":"2025-08-02T17:40:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T21:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/the-ghost-in-the-machine\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T17:40:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T21:40:06","slug":"the-ghost-in-the-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/the-ghost-in-the-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"The ghost in the machine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When a system becomes complex and our knowledge peters out, we\u2019re tempted to assert, in the words of Gilbert Ryle, that there\u2019s a \u2018ghost in the machine.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cHow does the stoplight work?\u201d \u201cWell, it knows that there\u2019s a break in the traffic so it switches from green to red.\u201d<\/p>\n

Actually, it doesn\u2019t \u2018know\u2019 anything.<\/p>\n

Professionals can answer questions about how. All the way down.<\/p>\n

[This is one reason why the LLM AI tech stack is so confounding. Because there are no experts who can tell you exactly what\u2019s going to happen next. It turns out that there might be a ghost, or at least that\u2019s the easiest way to explain it.]<\/p>\n

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