# Can You Distill an Expert?

> Polanyi's tacit knowledge explains the 70% ceiling of AI agents: real intuition, feel, and judgment do not serialize cleanly. They grow, if at all, through practice.

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LLMS index: [llms.txt](/llms.txt)

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Polanyi's tacit knowledge explains the 70% ceiling of AI agents: real intuition, feel, and judgment do not serialize cleanly. They grow, if at all, through practice. [**Read more**](https://vonng.com/en/ai/tacit-knowledge/)