---
aliases:
  en:
  - proxy objective function
  ja:
  - プロキシ目的
  - 代理目的関数
concept_id: proxy_objective
preferred:
  en: proxy objective
  ja: 代理目的
relations:
  relations:
    broader:
    - objective
    prerequisite:
    - objective
    related:
    - specification_gaming
status: active
---

# proxy objective

An objective used as an operational stand-in for a different target because it is expected to correlate with or promote that target; optimizing a proxy can fail when that relationship breaks under optimization pressure or distribution shift.

## broader

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

## prerequisite

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

## related

- [specification gaming](../terminology/specification_gaming.txt)

## Documents: about

- [測定しやすい代理指標の最適化により、人間は単一の支配シフトを経ずとも徐々に制御を失い得る](../documents/christiano.optimizing-measurable-proxies-can-cause-gradual-disempowerment.txt)

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