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Control Layer
When Feedback Misses Its Window
The Iberian blackout of April 2025 had a closed-loop system with feedback, protection, and reactive power reserves. The correction mechanism existed and sat unused while voltage climbed toward collapse. The loop existed. It didn't govern.
22 July, 2026
Control Layer
What a Real AI Supervisor Actually Requires
AI agents move in discrete steps, and the question isn't how fast you catch a problem - it's how many unsupervised steps an agent takes before anyone is in a position to catch anything. Control engineering solved this in 1987.
15 July, 2026
Control Layer
Open-Loop, Closed-Loop, and the Line Between Hoping and Governing
A system that fires an instruction and hopes is not the same as one that watches itself and corrects. Most of what's being called AI governance right now is the first one, wearing the second one's badge.
13 July, 2026