superintelligence
noun
su·per·in·tel·li·gence
ˌsü-pər-in-ˈte-lə-jən(t)s 
plural superintelligences
1
: an entity that surpasses humans in overall intelligence or in some particular measure of intelligence
A speed superintelligence could do everything a human mind could do, but much faster.—
Nick Bostrom
Nick Bostrom
also
: the intelligence displayed by such an entity
the development of machine superintelligence
2
: an extremely or extraordinarily high degree of intelligence
displayed superintelligence in mathematics
… the first of a planned trilogy about teens whose empathic abilities give them an emotional superintelligence.—Terry Hong
Terry HongExamples of superintelligence in a Sentence
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However, in 2025, AI will still pose a massive risk: not from artificial superintelligence, but from human misuse.
—Arvind Narayanan, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024
As if that’s not enough, there is also a concerted effort to further overstretch into proclaiming the imminent realization of artificial superintelligence (ASI).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
The start-up has been building toward this moment since September 12, a day that, in OpenAI’s telling, set the world on a new path toward superintelligence.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
What is interesting is that level 5 is where agents have artificial superintelligence and are more advanced than 100% of the human population.
—Thomas Caldwell, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Arvind Narayanan, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024
As if that’s not enough, there is also a concerted effort to further overstretch into proclaiming the imminent realization of artificial superintelligence (ASI).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
The start-up has been building toward this moment since September 12, a day that, in OpenAI’s telling, set the world on a new path toward superintelligence.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
What is interesting is that level 5 is where agents have artificial superintelligence and are more advanced than 100% of the human population.
—Thomas Caldwell, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Superintelligence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superintelligence. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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