---
aliases:
  en:
  - power seeking
concept_id: power_seeking
preferred:
  en: power-seeking
  ja: パワーシーキング
relations:
  relations:
    broader:
    - goal_directed_behavior
    prerequisite:
    - goal_directed_behavior
status: active
---

# power-seeking

Behavior aimed at increasing or preserving an agent's general ability to control its environment, resources, options, or future outcomes; power-seeking can arise instrumentally for many different ultimate objectives.

## broader

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

## prerequisite

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

## Documents: about

- [環境に対称性があると、最適方策は選択肢を保つ方向の power-seeking に傾く](../documents/turner.optimal-policies-tend-to-seek-power.txt)

## Documents: mentions

- [スキーミングとは、状況認識を伴う training-gaming のうち、将来のパワー獲得を目的とするもの](../documents/carlsmith.scheming-taxonomy-and-situational-awareness.txt)

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