wireheading

noun3

1. •
   The artificial stimulation of the brain to experience pleasure.
2. •
   The strategy by an artificial intelligence of meeting goals by altering the perception of the current state rather than changing the state itself.

   • The constraint is defined in terms of the agent's belief distributions, and does not require an explicit specification of which actions constitute wireheading. — 2016
3. •
   The implantation of electrodes in the brain.