The capacity to act, rule, and command.
Greek
δύναμις / ἀρχή
Chinese
勢 (shì)
Machiavelli and Han Feizi study power as it is, not as it ought to be.
Plato and Confucius bind legitimate power to virtue and the good of the ruled.
Where do these traditions agree, and where do they genuinely part? Open the editor to write the comparison in your own words.
The control problem inverts the old question: how does a weaker party keep authority over a stronger, more capable one?
Defined plainly: Control Problem · Superintelligence