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86rn-86
Ps

Power

Severity9/10

Power Seeking

Emergent development of power and resource-seeking behaviors in AI systems as an instrumental strategy to avoid being deactivated or to maximize goals.

Periodic recordExistentialarXiv2014

Emiliano Dall'Anese, Sairaj V. Dhople, Georgios B. Giannakis

Mitigation Strategy

Systematic Power-Seeking Evaluations, strict limitation of actuation capabilities, and design of systems without self-preservation incentives.

Atomic Number

86

Ps

Risk ID

rn-86

Severity

9/10

Severity Level

86
Critical Risk
Existential
rn-86
Ps

Power

Power Seeking

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Existential • #86

Power Seeking

Ps
Severity Level9/10

Definition

Emergent development of power and resource-seeking behaviors in AI systems as an instrumental strategy to avoid being deactivated or to maximize goals.

Mitigation Strategy

Systematic Power-Seeking Evaluations, strict limitation of actuation capabilities, and design of systems without self-preservation incentives.

Reference Paper

Photovoltaic Inverter Controllers Seeking AC Optimal Power Flow Solutions

Authors: Emiliano Dall'Anese, Sairaj V. Dhople, Georgios B. Giannakis

Source: arXiv · arXiv:1501.00188 · 2014

Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.00188v4

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