Will artificial agents pursue power by default?
A preprint by Christian Tarsney, arXiv, dated 2 June 2025. The arXiv v1 stamp reads 2 Jun 2025.
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- Will artificial agents pursue power by default? arXiv (2506.06352v1) · published 2025-06-02 · Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 36a4bf4f0252a95bfc36bfd0b6441299f433520ca62b7e7db33a660d85c4474c). arXiv v1 of 2 June 2025.
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- Instrumental convergenceTarsney's paper of 2 June 2025 (arXiv v1) concludes that the claim that power is a convergent instrumental goal contains at least an element of truth but may have limited predictive utility, because an agent's options cannot always be ranked by power without information about its final goals.2025-06-02 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Instrumental convergence: propositions page →
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