Paper Citation Record · LEDGER

Will artificial agents pursue power by default?

As of 18 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 24 of 24 outbound references and 1 inbound Pith citation observation for arXiv:2506.06352.

A citation records a reference. It does not transfer a finding from one paper to another.

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Coverage vector

measured 24 of 24 reference resolution

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Source: paper_references, paper_reference_links, observed 2026-08-07T11:39:53.375157Z

measured 25 of 25 standing notices

One-hop event checks from named stored sources.

Source: scholarly_work_events, retraction_status_cache, observed 2026-08-18T06:34:40.430872+00:00

measured 1 of 1 inbound itemization

Pith citing papers itemized under the disclosed page cap.

Source: paper_references, paper_reference_links, observed 2026-05-08T09:44:44.131088Z

measured 0 of 1 external citation measurements

A source-named dated measurement, never combined with another source.

Source: arxiv_reference, observed 2026-05-11T20:16:10.860267Z

Reference resolution

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External citation measurements

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Outbound references

Observation f98e6b07-2bd6-4aed-b5b9-fa3d540c5c9f · outbound

This paper cites D’Alessandro, and C.

Will artificial agents pursue power by default? D’Alessandro, and C

Reference 1

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-07T11:40:36.102981Z

Source-reported events for the cited work

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Observation 57dba6f8-d313-402b-a81d-c4c878223228 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Will artificial agents pursue power by default? Unresolved cited work

Reference 2

Resolution: unresolved; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-07T11:40:35.988551Z

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Observation eeb9faaa-0277-4c39-bf6f-ca8489c3ea91 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Will artificial agents pursue power by default? Unresolved cited work

Reference 3

Resolution: unresolved; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-07T11:40:35.799475Z

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Observation 01a25d9b-dccc-4d15-b1c8-a9b9555eeff4 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Will artificial agents pursue power by default? Unresolved cited work

Reference 4

Resolution: unresolved; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-07T11:40:33.530066Z

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No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-18T06:34:40.430872+00:00.

Observation a1bce07b-666f-4a36-8a43-434239c043d0 · outbound

This paper cites (2014).Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies.

Will artificial agents pursue power by default? (2014).Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

Reference 5

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-07T11:40:30.827215Z

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Observation c4b459ae-722e-4d11-b354-ef356e1dcae5 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Will artificial agents pursue power by default? Unresolved cited work

Reference 6

Resolution: unresolved; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-07T11:40:23.560156Z

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No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-18T06:34:40.430872+00:00.

Observation 3a2bca1e-9fc9-45f4-8951-d7ed65381f89 · outbound

This paper cites Is Power-Seeking AI an Existential Risk?.

Will artificial agents pursue power by default? Is Power-Seeking AI an Existential Risk?

Reference 7

Resolution: unresolved; no resolver link, observed 2026-08-07T11:39:47.675956Z

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Observation a9cab80b-0f21-4ba5-a7fa-5ef998d3bb04 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Will artificial agents pursue power by default? Unresolved cited work

Reference 8

Resolution: unresolved; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-07T11:40:21.609220Z

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No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-18T06:34:40.430872+00:00.

Observation a9de6319-64b4-4ca5-96ed-07984371f18f · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Will artificial agents pursue power by default? Unresolved cited work

Reference 9

Resolution: unresolved; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-07T11:40:12.196490Z

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Observation 23e7c301-11e4-4724-9098-309a8f8fde5b · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Will artificial agents pursue power by default? Unresolved cited work

Reference 10

Resolution: unresolved; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-07T11:40:12.107170Z

Source-reported events for the cited work

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Observation afea2854-544e-464d-aee7-68f6ed3dd7d4 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Will artificial agents pursue power by default? Unresolved cited work

Reference 11

Resolution: unresolved; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-07T11:40:12.048619Z

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Observation 60b7b41f-dcde-4cd1-ac35-94da18ee5071 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Will artificial agents pursue power by default? Unresolved cited work

Reference 12

Resolution: unresolved; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-07T11:40:12.004048Z

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No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-18T06:34:40.430872+00:00.

Observation 3f8f08e2-4deb-44f6-97f9-c84d96ce5310 · outbound

This paper cites An Overview of Catastrophic AI Risks.

Will artificial agents pursue power by default? An Overview of Catastrophic AI Risks

Reference 13

Resolution: unresolved; no resolver link, observed 2026-08-07T11:39:52.178904Z

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Observation 415a466a-434a-478f-957a-9e25fe74a167 · outbound

This paper cites Power-seeking can be probable and predictive for trained agents.

Will artificial agents pursue power by default? Power-seeking can be probable and predictive for trained agents

Reference 14

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Observation de07081a-edd7-4381-b169-5490e630346d · outbound

This paper cites The Alignment Problem from a Deep Learning Perspective.

Will artificial agents pursue power by default? The Alignment Problem from a Deep Learning Perspective

Reference 15

Resolution: unresolved; no resolver link, observed 2026-08-07T11:39:52.329174Z

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Observation fc5a5297-b6e6-42cc-a865-9f64f68df3ea · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Will artificial agents pursue power by default? Unresolved cited work

Reference 16

Resolution: unresolved; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-07T11:40:11.955012Z

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Observation ab61f876-efe8-4011-8bd5-1d06293f9c77 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Will artificial agents pursue power by default? Unresolved cited work

Reference 17

Resolution: unresolved; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-07T11:40:11.806951Z

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Observation d96a82a8-3c85-4571-866e-44acd112aad3 · outbound

This paper cites (2019).Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control.

Will artificial agents pursue power by default? (2019).Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control

Reference 18

Resolution: unresolved; no resolver link, observed 2026-08-07T11:39:52.554364Z

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Observation 52a20ed8-0874-445b-bc43-3a37b5c5f50c · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Will artificial agents pursue power by default? Unresolved cited work

Reference 19

Resolution: unresolved; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-07T11:40:11.502372Z

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Observation 3be26bbb-0174-4496-97c4-0a2996f01808 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Will artificial agents pursue power by default? Unresolved cited work

Reference 20

Resolution: unresolved; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-07T11:40:09.938505Z

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Observation 7e0220e6-5f0b-4898-99e5-02989e9be32d · outbound

This paper cites Smith, R.

Will artificial agents pursue power by default? Smith, R

Reference 21

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-07T11:40:09.868690Z

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Observation c5a2262c-7410-4f9f-8768-8e1236748a62 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Will artificial agents pursue power by default? Unresolved cited work

Reference 22

Resolution: unresolved; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-07T11:40:09.642784Z

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No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-18T06:34:40.430872+00:00.

Observation f05eb17f-85cc-43ba-95e8-804556bae2a1 · outbound

This paper cites Voyager: An Open-Ended Embodied Agent with Large Language Models.

Will artificial agents pursue power by default? Voyager: An Open-Ended Embodied Agent with Large Language Models

Reference 23

Resolution: unresolved; no resolver link, observed 2026-08-07T11:39:53.213008Z

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Observation c12e26f4-d9c1-4282-9bf3-5b83502d8f6b · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Will artificial agents pursue power by default? Unresolved cited work

Reference 24

Resolution: unresolved; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-07T11:40:08.048360Z

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No event found in the named queried sources as of 2026-08-18T06:34:40.430872+00:00.

Pith citing papers

Observation 24988ae0-3820-47b1-8489-534f91b7aeed · inbound

Instrumental Choices: Measuring the Propensity of LLM Agents to Pursue Instrumental Behaviors cites this paper.

Instrumental Choices: Measuring the Propensity of LLM Agents to Pursue Instrumental Behaviors Will artificial agents pursue power by default?

Reference 31

Resolution: verified exact; arxiv_id, observed 2026-05-11T20:16:10.872243Z

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