Core Idea
We trust what we cannot understand.
Expanded
Technological opacity often feels like wisdom.
When a system becomes too complex to follow,
humans stop judging it and start deferring to it.
We confuse hidden process with higher intelligence.
Central Question
Why does opacity make intelligence feel more authoritative?
Tension
We cannot follow the machine's reasoning,
yet that very distance makes it appear wiser.
What it is not
Not a technical explanation of model architecture.
It is about human deference to complexity.