black box
7
3.9
- noun
- /blæk bɑks/
- Specialized
:
caja negra
- "Psychology treats the brain and body as a black box, where only the inputs and outputs are considered."
- the black box nature
- technology and the black box
They're, they're fascinating black boxes that can generate awesomeness.
- They're, they're fascinating black boxes that can generate awesomeness.
- So to you, the FDA is this black box that you submit things to.
- Let's call it the the consciousness generator black box that we don't understand.
- So what, why, why would you not expect that black box aspect to, to exist in the brain?
- So it's just it it is tries to be a guide through that black box.
- Could you clarify what you mean by use as a black box?
- People who trade stocks have something called the black box.
- And that can present a problem because a lot of AIS are what's called black box models.
- We can use these machine learning algorithms that extract knowledge from the black box.
- And at a certain moment this black box is a computer can calculate it doesn't cost any and almost any energy at all.
- So God remains a kind of unknown XA black box, so to speak, or a Gray box if you like, or a non box, a void kind of has described it.
Examples
-
We can make a model of the black box which is more insightful, which does extract the knowledge that's in there.
-
Apple notes the problem of the "black box" approach:
Academic text (1998) -
Because of the black box nature of most technology, student thinking is often hidden.
Academic text (2001) -
Often, decisions that come from a "black box" lead to policies that can result in serious political or economic crises.
Academic text (1993) -
Discrimination is built into the very assumptions on which the mathematical model rests, but the model itself is a black box, producing statistical results that appear to be objective and unbiased.
Academic text (2018) -
The researchers used a black box model to analyze the data inputs and outputs without understanding its internal mechanisms.
-
In the meeting, we discussed how the new AI system operates like a black box, revealing results while keeping its processes hidden.
-
Engineers are developing a black box that will track the flight data and help improve safety measures in aircraft.
How Transparent
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a system whose internal workings are hidden' is a metaphorical extension of the literal words: 'black' (dark/opaque/hidden) + 'box' (container), so the idea of an unseen interior is inferable. Because this relies on a conventional metaphor (and is commonly used in technical contexts and across many languages), learners can often guess the sense but may still need exposure to the specialized usage.
Etymology
Black box is also used for any system you cannot look inside; imagine a sealed black box where you only see what you put in and what comes out but not how it works. That's why people call some computer programs or machines a 'black box' when their inner workings are hidden.