---
aliases:
  en:
  - mesa objective
  ja:
  - メサ目的
concept_id: mesa_objective
preferred:
  en: mesa-objective
  ja: メサ目的関数
relations:
  relations:
    broader:
    - objective
    prerequisite:
    - mesa_optimizer
status: active
---

# mesa-objective

The objective according to which a mesa-optimizer selects among possible outputs, actions, or plans during operation; it is determined by the learned system's internal behavior or structure rather than being directly identical by definition to the base objective.

## broader

- [objective](../terminology/objective.txt)

## prerequisite

- [mesa-optimizer](../terminology/mesa_optimizer.txt)

## Documents: about

- [ベース目的関数とメサ目的関数は一致するとは限らない](../documents/hubinger_et_al.base-and-mesa-objectives-can-diverge.txt)

[Corpus index](../index.txt)