I don’t think it’s a spectrum. A spectrum is something one-dimensional. The problem with your distinction is that someone might think that there are safe from problems arising from power seeking (in a more broad definition) if they prevent the AI from doing things that they don’t desire.
There are probably three variables that matter:
How much agency has the human in the interaction.
How much agency has the AI agent in the interaction.
Does the AI cooperate or defect in the game theoretic sense.
If you have a low agency CEO and a high agency very smart middle manager that always cooperates, that middle manager can still acquire more and more power over the organization.
I don’t think it’s a spectrum. A spectrum is something one-dimensional. The problem with your distinction is that someone might think that there are safe from problems arising from power seeking (in a more broad definition) if they prevent the AI from doing things that they don’t desire.
There are probably three variables that matter:
How much agency has the human in the interaction.
How much agency has the AI agent in the interaction.
Does the AI cooperate or defect in the game theoretic sense.
If you have a low agency CEO and a high agency very smart middle manager that always cooperates, that middle manager can still acquire more and more power over the organization.