Predictive Models Are Control Theory
March 11, 2023

Archived from an original LinkedIn post by Brian Greenforest.

Original Post

Mathematics we call "predictive models" are not innocent matters, and these are surprisingly equivalent classes to control theory. We've being told that control theory produces a set of recommended actions to be taken, but it doesn't: it gives you "predictions" in the form of transformed pixels, after you feed into it an actual set of actions taken and measurements-observations. The control theory algorithm learns which variables have controllability / manipulatability properties in the form of scientifically extracted statistical correlations between variables we call "physical model." Physics is as "dangerous" as control theory: because it has strong causality / correlations embedded in its mathematics, after you run the computation process (even in your head!) the models starts controlling reality. But don't be afraid to trust it: the sole purpose is to communicate clearly the desired state of the world YOU WANT to see.