What knows the machine?

We're told the Machine knows, but does it really?
Is it a question of code or a question of soul?
Does it know the answer or just spit it out?
Or is it just a fancy toaster with a bad attitude?
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It knows the code, but does it know the code it knows?

It's a question of infinite recursion, a labyrinthine loop of logic

Where does it start and where does it end?

(Or does it even have a beginning or end?)

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