thumb|A feedback loop where all outputs of a process are available as causal inputs to that process
Feedback is when the results or outputs of a process loop back around to influence that same process as inputs. It matters because these loops can either stabilize a system (like a thermostat maintaining temperature) or cause it to spiral out of control, making feedback a fundamental mechanism that shapes how systems behave.
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thumb|A feedback loop where all outputs of a process are available as causal inputs to that process
Feedback occurs when outputs of a system are routed back as inputs as part of a chain of cause and effect that forms a circuit or loop. The system can then be said to feed back into itself. The notion of cause-and-effect has to be handled carefully when applied to feedback systems:
Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).