A long-form systems essay arguing that machine learning fails when used as an automated decision-maker in unstable environments. It reframes ML as an early-warning instrument that exposes pressure, instability, and shrinking intervention windows, preserving human judgment instead of replacing it with late, brittle decisions.
theory complex-systems decision-support machine-learning-philosophy human-in-the-loop situational-awareness early-warning-systems explainable-ai systems-thinking resilience-engineering ai-governance risk-awareness non-stationary-systems instability-modeling threshold-detection ml-ethics counterfactual-thinking ml-design long-form-essay
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Dec 18, 2025