superintelligent

adjective

su·​per·​in·​tel·​li·​gent ˌsü-pər-in-ˈte-lə-jənt How to pronounce superintelligent (audio)
: extremely or extraordinarily intelligent : characterized by superintelligence
a superintelligent robot
At school she inhabits the twilight zone between the successful and popular cheer-leader types and the angst-ridden, anarchistic, superintelligent underachievers …Jack Butler

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Mollie Gleiberman, an anthropologist at the University of Antwerp who has studied the rise of effective altruism, highlights a paradox of the futuristic tech moguls: Some of the same people warning of the dangers of superintelligent A.I. are also developing A.I., like Musk himself. Matthew Purdy, New York Times, 29 May 2025 Mark Zuckerberg’s goal is to create a new lab dedicated to developing superintelligent AI when Meta has already been spending billions on the GPU hardware for AI training. Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 18 June 2025 Nobody knows if superintelligent AI will ultimately be kind and beneficial to humans or not. Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025 Have parents and educators started preparing the next generations for a world of superintelligent machines? Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for superintelligent

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First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of superintelligent was in 1845

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“Superintelligent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superintelligent. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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