---
aliases:
  ja:
  - 直交仮説
concept_id: orthogonality_thesis
preferred:
  en: Orthogonality Thesis
  ja: 直交性テーゼ
relations:
  relations:
    prerequisite:
    - goal_directed_behavior
    - terminal_goal
    related:
    - paperclip_maximizer
status: active
---

# Orthogonality Thesis

The thesis that an agent's level of intelligence and its terminal goals can vary largely independently, so high intelligence by itself does not imply humane, moral, or otherwise aligned goals.

## prerequisite

- [goal-directed behavior](../terminology/goal_directed_behavior.txt)
- [terminal goal](../terminology/terminal_goal.txt)

## related

- [paperclip maximizer](../terminology/paperclip_maximizer.txt)

## Documents: about

- [知能水準と最終目標は、原理上ほぼ独立である](../documents/bostrom.orthogonality-separates-intelligence-from-final-goals.txt)
- [能力と目的は別の軸である](../documents/yudkowsky.capability-motive-separation.txt)

## Documents: mentions

- [最終目標が大きく異なっても、共通の道具的目標が生じやすい](../documents/bostrom.instrumental-convergence-predicts-common-subgoals-across-many-final-goals.txt)

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