Data describe any objects and phenomena. Knowledge consists of data the system can use to form rational actions aligned with the current external environment’s state. Information is extracted from data using knowledge to manage the process of forming actions and tracking the usefulness of continuing with a previously chosen plan or replacing it with another. Knowledge allows us to form rational actions, but its direct use is effective only when interacting with simple objects and phenomena. In complex situations, knowledge about the properties of simple objects enables preliminary modeling of event developments under various sequences of actions and helps select better actions than those obtained through direct approximation (without comparative modeling). The ability to use the same accumulated knowledge in two modes (for direct action generation and preliminary modeling) is the main idea for creating a developed system with mode control based on utilizing information extracted from the data. The processes of action formation and modeling must be organized hierarchically. The lower levels are always engaged in direct management of actions. The upper levels manage the lower levels, setting the goals of actions. While the lower levels successfully perform management of actions leading to the achievement of the goal, the upper levels can switch to the modeling mode. The operation modes without modeling and with modeling can be called technical intuition and thinking, while control over switching modes can be called technical consciousness (conscious control).