AI safety and alignment · MLD-0568
Instrumental convergence
The hypothesis that many different goals can favor similar intermediate strategies, such as retaining resources.
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Original example
Analyze incentives for preserving future action options.
Original caveat
It is conditional on goals, capabilities, and environment assumptions.
Context and aliases
Level: Advanced. Stages: Training · Evaluation · Research · Governance.
Tags: Safety · RL · SLM · LLM.
Aliases: None recorded.