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Proxy misspecification

AI agents are directed by goals and objectives. Creating general-purpose objectives that capture human values could be challenging... Since goal-directed AI systems need measurable objectives, by default our systems may pursue simplified proxies of human values. The result could be suboptimal or even catastrophic if a sufficiently powerful AI successfully optimizes its flawed objective to an extreme degree

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AI Risk7. AI System Safety, Failures, & Limitations7.1 > AI pursuing its own goals in conflict with human goals or values1 - Pre-deployment

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Domain7. AI System Safety, Failures, & Limitations
Subdomain7.1 > AI pursuing its own goals in conflict with human goals or values
Entity3 - Other
Intent3 - Other
Timing1 - Pre-deployment
CategoryProxy misspecification
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