---
aliases:
  en:
  - mesa optimizer
concept_id: mesa_optimizer
preferred:
  en: mesa-optimizer
  ja: メサオプティマイザ
relations:
  relations:
    broader:
    - optimizer
    prerequisite:
    - base_optimizer
status: active
---

# mesa-optimizer

A learned optimizer produced by a base optimizer that itself performs optimization or search during operation; the criterion according to which it selects outputs, actions, or plans is called its mesa-objective.

## broader

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

## prerequisite

- [base optimizer](../terminology/base_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)