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

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

Examples of superintelligence in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Each nation wants to be the first to arrive at the revered pinnacle of AI such as artificial general intelligence (AGI) and artificial superintelligence (ASI), see my discussion at the link here. —Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025

The general goal is to either reach artificial general intelligence (AGI) or maybe even the outstretched possibility of achieving artificial superintelligence (ASI). —Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025

The innocent aim is to achieve collective intelligence, perhaps pushing us toward the next-stage goal of superintelligence. —Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025

But despite the apprehensions, other leaders avoid the language of superintelligence and existential risk, focusing instead on the positive upside. —Tharin Pillay, TIME, 13 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for superintelligence

• counterintelligence
• intelligence