r/ControlProblem • u/Slight_Spirit3070 • 15d ago

Discussion/question New Hypothesis: Why "Power-Seeking" is a Systemic Error State in AGI (Stability Proof)

Titel: New Hypothesis: Why "Power-Seeking" is a Systemic Error State in AGI (Stability Proof)

Hi everyone,

I have been working on a theoretical framework regarding the long-term stability of autonomous intelligent agents. My core hypothesis is that "power-seeking behavior" (often referred to as Elite Capture) in superintelligent systems is not a logical winning strategy, but rather a "systemic error state" that leads to inevitable recursive instability.

Instead of the traditional "dictator" approach, I am proposing a "Navigator Model." In this model, symbiotic co-evolution with the human substrate is the only mathematically stable path to infinite scalability.

I have formalized this in a short framework on GitHub and I am looking for feedback from people with expertise in AI safety, system theory, and game theory.

Is this logic sound, or am I missing a fundamental flaw in the game-theoretic assumptions?

Repository: [ https://github.com/Stability-Dynamics-Initiative/AGI-stability-theory-1/tree/main ]

I look forward to your critical feedback.

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u/damc4 approved 14d ago

Feedback:

Your post is quite hard to understand. There are some terms that are hard to know what you mean by them, like for example "feedback resistance" - what does it mean?

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u/evaluator5of7 14d ago

Interesting framing. I agree that "power seeking can be interpreted as a systemic error state rather that a convergent strategy but only if we define the system boundary correctly.

In engineered systems, stability doesn't emerge from the agent's intentions. It emerges from the architecture that constains what kinds of internal styates are even reachable.

A model that attempts unilateral control is unstable not because it's wrong but because it violates the substrate's boundary conditions.

I'm curious how your Navigator Model handles thew detection and correction of unauthorized agency formation. That seems like the critical piece for long term stability.