superintelligence

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Etymology

From super- +‎ intelligence.

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Noun

superintelligence (countable and uncountable, plural superintelligences)

  1. (futurology, artificial intelligence) Intelligence surpassing the level of a human genius.
    • 2015, Murray Shanahan, The Technological Singularity, MIT Press, →ISBN, pages 90–91:
      The lesson of this little story is that if and when human-level AI is achieved, superintelligence will soon follow. […] What we have in this story seems to be a form of collective superintelligence.
    • 2025 June 13, Cade Metz, “Meta Is Building a Superintelligence Lab. What Is That?”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN:
      On Thursday, Meta unveiled a $14.3 billion investment and partnership that will be the core of a new artificial intelligence research lab dedicated to the pursuit of “superintelligence,” a swing-for-the-fences effort in the global technology race. […] Silicon Valley leaders are now talking about building superintelligence, which would be even more powerful than A.G.I. It, too, is a loosely defined term, but generally refers to a machine that is more powerful than the human brain.

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