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Mesa-Optimization Objectives

"The learned policy may pursue inside objectives when the learned policyitself functions as an optimizer (i.e., mesa-optimizer). However, this optimizer's objectives may not alignwith the objectives specified by the training signals, and optimization for these misaligned goals may leadto systems out of control (Hubinger et al., 2019c)."

AI Risk7. AI System Safety, Failures, & Limitations7.2 > AI possessing dangerous capabilities3 - Other

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Domain7. AI System Safety, Failures, & Limitations
Subdomain7.2 > AI possessing dangerous capabilities
Entity2 - AI
Intent1 - Intentional
Timing3 - Other
CategoryDouble edge components
SubcategoryMesa-Optimization Objectives

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