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

Aschenbrenner’s startling thesis about exponentially accelerating AI progress rests on one core premise: that AI will soon become powerful enough to carry out AI research itself, leading to recursive self-improvement and runaway superintelligence. —Rob Toews, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024

Meanwhile, Altman himself has been talking about developing superintelligence since at least last year. —Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 23 Sep. 2024

Microsoft, OpenAI’s largest investor, increasingly seems eager for the company to stop building superintelligence and start building a profitable product. —Kelsey Piper, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018

Call to Action The rise of artificial superintelligence will reshape industries and personal interactions. —Mark Minevich, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1