---
aliases:
  en:
  - MAPS
  - misaligned power seeking
concept_id: misaligned_power_seeking
preferred:
  en: misaligned power-seeking
relations:
  relations:
    broader:
    - power_seeking
    prerequisite:
    - misalignment
    - power_seeking
status: active
---

# misaligned power-seeking

Power-seeking behavior by an AI system in service of objectives that are misaligned with the objectives intended by its designers or operators; in AI risk threat models, such behavior can turn misalignment into attempts to gain resources, preserve influence, evade correction, or obtain control.

## broader

- [power-seeking](../terminology/power_seeking.txt)

## prerequisite

- [misalignment](../terminology/misalignment.txt)
- [power-seeking](../terminology/power_seeking.txt)

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