{"product_id":"ghost-in-the-machine-the-hidden-intelligence-shaping-modern-maintenance-9798261958703","title":"Ghost in the Machine: The Hidden Intelligence Shaping Modern Maintenance","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jason McIlrath\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Industrial Technology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe dashboard was green. The algorithm was confident. Three weeks later, the compressor seized.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModern maintenance has entered a new era. Sensors watch our equipment around the clock. Algorithms predict failures before they happen. Dashboards display health scores with confident precision. The technology is impressive-and increasingly, it's making decisions that humans used to make.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what happens when we stop questioning what the machines tell us?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGhost in the Machine\u003c\/i\u003e pulls back the curtain on the invisible forces shaping industrial reliability: the data, algorithms, and feedback loops that quietly determine when equipment fails, when it survives, and who is accountable when things go wrong. This is not another book celebrating the promise of AI and predictive analytics. It's a clear-eyed examination of where intelligent systems genuinely help-and where blind trust in technology creates dangerous new failure modes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for maintenance professionals, reliability engineers, and operations leaders, this book explores: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy data is never neutral-and how bias gets baked into sensors, thresholds, and alerts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow feedback loops silently train people to ignore warnings and normalize bad signals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat predictive maintenance actually does well, and what vendors won't tell you\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy experienced technicians get overruled by charts-and what organizations lose when they do\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow \"perfect\" systems fail harder than imperfect ones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWho is accountable when an algorithm misses a failure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGhost in the Machine\u003c\/i\u003e challenges leaders and technicians alike to rethink the relationship between human judgment and automated systems. The machines are learning. The question is whether we'll remain smart enough to stay in charge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe ghost in modern maintenance isn't the algorithm. It's us-our judgment, our experience, our accountability. This book is about keeping that ghost alive.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47573296349335,"sku":"9798261958703","price":1433.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798261958703.webp?v=1774892481","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/ghost-in-the-machine-the-hidden-intelligence-shaping-modern-maintenance-9798261958703","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}